Happy Birthday Jesus!

Christmas 2010

Their first look under the tree.

Reading the Christmas story while Claire had a free-for-all with the cinnamon rolls.

Elise was most excited about all the (what she called) "junk" in her stocking.

Sylvie's first stocking.

Rocking horse: $3 at a consignment shop. Red spray paint: $2. Claire's joy: priceless.

Happy girl.

The best toy of the morning was definitely the bag of balls. A few days before Christmas, Toby took Elise to buy Claire a Christmas present. Despite Toby's efforts to redirect her, Elise INSISTED that Claire would really like a bag of one hundred balls. Finally, Toby conceded. Turns out Elise was right. The girls had a blast throwing the balls around the house. It was a hit!

Another hit, of course, was Elise's big gift: a set of seven (yes, seven) Disney Princess Barbies.

(Disney Princess + Barbie) x 7 = Elise in a state of bliss

Sylvie's first Christmas tree

Finally! These photos just did not want to post. Sooo many attempts with the same "bad request error" result. But, finally... tonight we have photos of Sylvie's first Christmas tree.

Orchard Mesa Tree Farm

Claire and Elise by our tree. Sylvie sound asleep.

Toby and the older two taking in the sweet scent of pine.

Heading home.

This is how Elise posed when I asked to get a picture of her in front of the tree.