Santa Encounter

This last week we had our ward Christmas party with Santa Claus as guest. This was Ellie's first experience with Santa, and she did very well while Santa was giving her a candy cane, and then she was done. We also went to Zoolights at Hogle Zoo on Saturday, which was freezing cold, but a lot of fun. Ellie loved all the moving animal lights, and the real animals too. She especially liked the tiger. It was a different experience at night because most of the animals that we saw were moving around instead of snoozing in a corner.

Ellie amazes me every day with the things she picks up. She is stringing words together now and makes sense most of the time. She still sings and talks jibberish occasionally. It is so nice to be able to communicate with her and ask her what she wants. It's so much better than playing the guessing game. She is addicted to Sesame Street and Finding Nemo, and that's what she wants to do all day long (I don't let her, by the way...). Her eye rash has cleared up, hopefully for good. We are excited for Christmas, and wish you all a good one!

Ellie's first Santa encounter.

Bundled up for zoolights.

Ellie on the tiger at the zoo. Notice her mittens are not on her freezing cold hands. Brrrr.