Merry Christmas 2011!

We started the Christmas celebration off by going to Chuck and Sally's house (aka, Great Grandma and Grandpa Kroll) a couple days before Christmas. I helped them open their gifts

And Maida played with the wrapping paper

We spent Christmas in the woods at GG and D's house - here are Maida and I just after waking up on Christmas morning. My first comment (actually it was more like crying) after realizing Santa wasn't there was "I miss Santa!" I think I misunderstood that he came and went while we were sleeping.

Mom helped Maida open her presents

Aunt Sara and us girls

Maida didn't really care much about the presents, she was content to just stand around and play pat-a cake

I, on the other hand, was super stoked that Santa brought me the ukulele I asked for

This is my friend, Aiden, whom I watch on Youtube at least once a day. He's the one who got me hooked on the ukulele

I wasted no time putting on a show of my own. Here I present my rendition of 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'

Then we hit the sledding slopes with Aunt Sara and Jed, and in true Griswold style, we went 90 mph and had a wipeout, which I was not thrilled about.

Christmas night ... more performances. This time Maida played back-up with the drums.

This performance to 'Must Be Santa' might be one of Dad's best

Time for some family pics

The cousins :)

The next morning, Maida was up and at 'em, ready to do some yard work with the grass seed 

And I was busy getting dolled up with my new lip gloss, of course

It was a very merry christmas!