A Christmas Re-cap of sorts

  Hi there!  I can’t believe that Christmas is over.  I am kinda sad.  It seems like it flew by.  For me more-so than most years, and I am not quite sure why?  Last night I took down our tree.  Not everything is put away, but the the big stuff went first.  I usually try to keep it up past new years, but I was itching to get things together. Kwim?

I am notorious for not taking many photos on Christmas.  I try to to be present and not behind the camera.  This year I took a few more than last year.  Yay! So this post will be my re-cap of what went down and how we finished up Elf, a.k.a. Mikey.

Mikey was a BLAST this year and I am excited to put something together to commemorate all the fun things he did.

These are the last 4 photos.

This was our Gingerbread house this year.  It is pretty darn big – ha!  Mikey found his way almost inside.

You can’t tell here, but Mikey got a hold of one of my vintage cameras and decided to have a photoshoot with Alyson’s LPS animals. Ha!

Mikey decided to draw a self portrait on our chalkboard.

And the best for last.  We will miss Mikey and will be thinking about what kinds of things he will do next year.

And now for our Christmas Day – well what I managed to capture.

Alyson spends Christmas Eve with Mike, so I use that time to finish things up and just relax and watch some good t.v.  So Christmas morning Mike brings Alyson over as soon as she wakes and comes and opens what mom got her.  And f.y.i. Alyson got her American Girl Doll from Mike and the accessories from me.  I figured since she saw him first it would only make sense.

Santa ate the cookies (I made the plate last year).  Alyson was a bit surprised that Santa didn’t eat the chocolate. 

I had a photo of the presents under the tree, but can’t seem to find them.  But here is my girl with a mouth full of cookies and a brand new outfit from Grandma.

First box full of American Girl accessories.

This box had the bird cage that she wanted.

She couldn’t get it open fast enough!

This was a last minute gift from Target.  It was fuse beads, that she loves, but the photos were big.  So much easier for her do.  She loved it.

You can see some of the stuff she got.  And of course, my cat.

Me and my girl  No make-up for me. but at least it is a photo of the two of us (an Kanani).

I wanted to show a picture of the tree skirt I made.  It was one of those Pinterest projects that I just “had” to do.  I love the way it came out.  It is so pretty!

I had to show the cutie pie sewing machine that she got from her cousins.  We go batteries, so we will be using it soon.

One gift that I stayed up late making was this matching outfit for Alyson and her doll.  You can only see a bit of Alyson’s skirt, but you get the idea.

The rest of these are just opening presents at my moms. Someone was not in the mood to take photos (Alyson), so this is all we have.

Well my sister got the coziest pajamas. Look!

Haha!  I love her pose too!

Okay, I will leave you with our “I caught Santa” photo.

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas.  I’ll be back tomorrow!

Michelle