Winter Fun

Of course December has been busy already as expected. Ella has been a trooper so far and is trying to roll with the punches. Last Friday I took Ella to an indoor play area in Skokie and she had a ton of fun. Here she is riding on the fish rocker.

Ella and I have been running a bunch of errands to try and get ready for the holidays and keep the house running at the same time. The other day we went downtown and met Marc for lunch and went to see Santa. I have to say the Santa was a little disappointing, not as cute as I was hoping for. I didn't think Ella would be afraid of him, but she was. She didn't cry, but would not go to him or even sit on his lap. So this was the only picture we got!
We have our Christmas tree up and Ella is very interested in it. She has been really good about not pulling on it or the decorations, however we still put up a baby gate around the tree. Here she is examining the tree.
With our new snowfall this past week Marc wanted to take Ella out into the snow. She spent about five minutes outside compared to the 15 minutes it took to get her all dressed for going outside. She wasn't a big fan of sitting in the snow, or even being outside in it at all. We got some really cute pictures though!

We are getting ready to do our three Christmas' with our families and a very busy next few weeks. I'm looking forward to it and seeing our families. I haven't seen my siblings and nieces and nephews in a long time and the kids are growing so fast!