Layla enjoyed helping put the ornaments on (we purposely did it while Gibson was sleeping:D), however, we then had many ornaments on the lower portion of the tree:).
Her ornament from the year she was born...
I hope to buy each of them an ornament each year that represents what they were interested in that year. Unfortunately I didn't remember to get one for Layla last year (you would think I would have had plenty of time to shop online during my bedrest??), but hopefully from now on I won't miss a year.
I was trying to decide what to get Layla this year and looked at the mall, but nothing really stood out. I thought about one of the Disney princesses as she currently loves watching Beauty and the Beast, but I figured she'll have plenty of years to love the princesses. I love looking at Disney's website and she loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, so I figured a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse ornament would be perfect to represent this year. What's funny is that Em happened to pick out the same ornament for Gavin:). Layla and Gavin definitely do both love Mickey and his friends!
And for Gibs' first Christmas I thought, why not Mickey too? I'm sure he'll love him some day, plus their ornaments were all on sale and had free shipping:). On the back it says: "Gibson's First Christmas".
I tried to get a pic of the kids both sitting infront of the tree, but it didn't work at all, so I'll have to try another day:).
And here are just a few random pics from yesterday.
Here is Gibson getting into trouble with the pots and pans as he always does. He's getting better at learning which cupboards he's allowed in and which he may not open. Maybe we won't need cupboard locks after all:). Oh, and I meant to mention that he's doing way better with the Christmas tree than I ever thought. Every once in awhile I catch him pulling on an ornament that looks a little too tempting (like one that is a bell), but for the most part, he's done really well at not touching it. It's surprising b/c he still won't stay away from the corner that Elv's bowl is in. There's also a basket of devotionals, a plant on a plant stand and our wine cabinet--way too many tempting things to play with I guess. I yell "no" as he heads in that direction and he just smiles and picks up the pace! Little stinker! :)
Trying out a new hairstyle:)...
Since I've never had a boy before, I don't understand how you gel their hair in the winter--doesn't it just get completely flattened when you put a hat on??
I bought this Polly Pocket cruise ship at a garage sale this summer and was saving it for when she was older as I wasn't sure she'd really get into it yet, but she found it in our closet when I was getting Christmas decorations out and she really likes it. She just needs to be really careful not to let Gibson get it as Polly's accessories are SO super tiny. It's nice that the boat does fold up with all the stuff inside, but the Polly Pocket I had when I was little you could actually almost fit her house in your pocket--Polly has really grown since then! It made me laugh the other day when Joe was home sick (with the flu) that Layla went over to him to have him help her put the male Polly's shoe on and then was having Joe pretend to put lotion (with the itty bitty lotion bottle) on the Polly guy--what a daddy won't do for his daughter:). This summer I started a blog of my favorite garage sale finds for all you garage sale sceptics, but never finished it--I would now include this on my list, although it is missing just a couple of pieces:(. But overall the ship is in great barely used quality and still sells in stores for way more than I paid for it! Oh, and Layla was also really excited about the cruise ship when we got it out because Grampy and Gigi were on a cruise at the time.
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