Fairies, bugs, tapshoes and lemonade: Christmas Day

Christmas Eve we went ice skating. We met my friend J and her family there. Her daughter and Flower Fairy are good friends and they had a lot of fun skating together. Sniffity had a lot of fun too, it was only her second time trying and she actually did quite well- holding on the the wall of course. Unfortunately, both J and I forgot our cameras so I have no pics to post. B took a couple with his phone, when he uploads them to the computer I'll post them.
After skating we went to dinner then home. The girls set out hot cocoa and cookies for Santa then put some carrots on the front yard for the reindeer. We also checked the NORAD tracks Santa website before they went up to bed.

The hits of the day were the gifts that Santa brought. Sniffity sang the Baby Alive all of of Nov. and up till Christmas. Guess what Santa brought her?

Flower Fairy didn't want anything specific for Christmas, she said she just hoped that Santa would surprise her. Two days before Christmas she told me that was pretty sure that Santa would be bringing her some fairy wings that she saw at Barnes and Noble in October. Santa brought her some better 0nes though, plus a cool wand and a beautiful ring. I guess he couldn't find the ones from Barnes and Noble two days before Christmas!

She also got these really cool boxes that open up into Fairy Homes, Fairies included. She has been playing with them every day.

They also really like their new Cranium super fort. They can design all kinds of shelters with it. I just love Cranium products.

Once all the gifts were exchanged Sniffity and I did some baking. We made Candy Cane coffee cakes, which we always eat Christmas day. It was really nice having her help me this year. She loves to cook and bake and says she is going to be a cook when she grows up.

She especially enjoyed folding over the dough.

The Grandmas both arrived at noon, along with my sister S, her boyfriend J and my sister A. The girls got to open MORE presents. Afterwards the girls and my sister A worked on the paint by numbers kits they got from Granna and Pop-B's Grandparents who live in Ohio.