the local swimming hole

December 22nd and perfect BBQ weather: low humidity, 20 degrees and a slight breeze

picture with Santa

Ella was all smiles until it was time to sit beside Santa and have her photo taken

townhouse pics now with our junk, too!!

Ella gets to bathe in a big bathtub every night now. As a special treat the other night, I made her a bubble bath for the first time

Ella's playroom.
She just loves it!




The living room. This place is big enough for me to have a chair just for breastfeeding the new baby. They even made a kids version (although without the color options) so Ella can sit beside me

The kitchen






Our bedroom






The new baby's room

Santa's picnic at Inspiration Lake

We organized a picnic at Inspiration Lake near Disneyland for Ella and her friends. It was complete with Secret Santa gifts, the man in red himself and even catered with a turkey!



Ollie's Dad was Santa






Bella gets a gift






Ella's turn







Ella and Ollie playing with their gifts




More gifts? Everyone was given 2.




Thank you Santa






Ella in big sister mode giving Pippa some water




Ella's best friend Ollie

Disneyland

Buzz Lightyear!







Ella blowing kisses to the RCMP at It's a Small World




Big Momma in the Disney snow









The Xmas parade. It was so cool, they even had fake snow fluttering around

This picture is actually from the visit before where we sat in on a drawing session where we learned how to draw Donald Duck

decorating the gingerbread house






Wow!






Sadly the same day the humidity got the better of the thin cheap cookie house. The roof got soft and fell in the middle


Our first real tree in HK. We had to buy a lot more decorations!!

Ella's Big Sister bed







AKA someone else needs my crib.

multitasking

Does anyone even care about the rest of our New Zealand trip? Clearly I have moved on...
Here is Ella talking to her Daddy while eating spaghetti

"What are you talking about, Daddy? Of course I am being good for Mommy"


"Yah yah yah"






I see Mommy do this all the time. No problem. It's easy





"Cheese!!"