Christmas

We had a great Christmas and were so glad that Burke could be home with us. Plus we had an added bonus of both grandmothers being with us on Christmas Day. So glad that MayeMaye and Mimi could be with us. The girls had a blast with all their new presents from Santa. Hollis woke up first and surveyed all the goods from afar before jumping in and playing with her new ball pit. Then Marin woke up and was so excited to see all of her new toys. She especially loved unwrapping the presents. The girls have played with every single gift. And I have loved watching them! 

This is just a random sweet picture of the girls "playing" on the iPad together. 

Hollis, our ball loving girl, got a ball pit. It is a hit of course.
We have put our little slide in it so now they slide into the balls.

Now Marin's turn!
(They each got a BIG stuffed animal. Marin got a dog and Hollis got a froggy.They LOVE big animals!)

She got some Melissa & Doug slice and bake cookies for their kitchen.
It came with an oven mitt.
Everyday (once or twice or seven times) a day she will walk around with her mitt on and serve everyone a cookie.
She'll even tell you which one to get if you want her too. :o)

They got a bag of plates and some condiments for the kitchen.
Again, we cook and serve Froggy and Dog and Pinky at the table every day.
Hollis got some more magnets (that are so cute!)
And they each got a Disney sofa. (Thanks, Amanda for the suggestion.) They LOVE those couches. Love them. 

Marin got Memory. We play it all the time. Well, we play a modified version. :o) Sometimes we just name each picture and try to say new words. Other times, I will set out cards face up and she has to find the matching picture. It is fun to see her excitement when she matches the cards! It is becoming a nightly event for her to sit on her Mickey couch and look through her cards.

Hollis got a game too. A really cute color dice game. They roll the dice and then get a card that matches the color the dice lands on. The card has different instructions on each one.....hop 6 times....is Marin's favorite card right now. 

They each got a new puzzle. 

And a grocery scanner and cart....

She got the Letter Factory bucket thing. (I can't remember the name of it.) Santa added that one because he knew we did Letter of the Week but Hollis actually plays with it more than Marin. 

We had a great Christmas and it was so much fun seeing the girls' reaction to it all! We did have the tree down that afternoon though. :o) We had to get ready for a little birthday girl.....