While the rest of the midwest was being buried until feet of snow in a huge blizzard that shut down the interstates in Oklahoma, we were enjoying temperatures in the low 50's and lots and lots of rain. But that didn't stop us from having a completely magical holiday. We started yesterday off with a trip to Lilly to see Santa one last time and make sure he knew what Hazel wanted. For the past few weeks, she has been telling anyone who would listen that she wanted a pink leopard for Christmas. Apparently, Elise told Hazel that she would like a brown monkey, so Hazel went ahead and told Santa that. We spent Christmas Eve night in Lawrenceville at Grammy Burton's annual Christmas Eve party. We had fun meeting our new cousin, Mac and playing with Uncle Brian's dachsund, Joxer. We drove home after the party, and got home around midnight.
This morning, we woke up to find that Santa had not disappointed us. Upon arriving downstairs, we found a pink leopard and a brown monkey, along with a new play kitchen for Hazel and a music table for Elise. Hazel noticed the leopard first thing, and we were wondering how long it would take for her to realize that the leopard was sitting on top of a new play kitchen. Once she did realize it, she had a great time making dinner, baking cookies, and serving us lemonade.
Here are a few pictures from the morning madness.
