Christmas Time 2022!

Heading out to find our Christmas tree at Enchanted Valley Acres

Mailing letters to Santa

Add activities in the gerbil 'gym'

Elly's letter to Santa

The house in the gerbil gym before Nibbles learned he could jump from the roof over the wall...

Making penguins at the library

Trying to bury some kids in snow

Sledding on the neighbors' hill.  "That was sick"

The triumphant return of the Clasens gingerbread house

Skiing at Pheasant Branch

Elly skied all the way to the spring

Gingerbread house decorating

Elly made a star

Ninja Doodles

Boys day out.  Lunch at Rookies before children's museum.

Girls day out.  Lunch at La Brioche before the Nutcracker 

Looks delicious...

Dinner with Grandma at Nitty Gritty

Opening birthday presents with Papa

Making peppermint cookies

Elly made sock snow men

Nathan made us a snowman ornament at school

Christmas eve note to Santa

Frosting cookies

The effect of eating lots of frosting

Elly was very patient and careful decorating.  (and slow)

And also ate some frosting

All ready for the big day

Elly made a box with everyone's name in it to see who would get to open the first present of Christmas and Nathan won

The big reveal that we're going to Disneyland in January

Elly was excited

Nathan and his chicken nugget pillow.

Elly making a bracelet 

Santa Doodles

Elly Claus

Nathan proving his mustache is real

Decorating the tree at Papa's house

Nathan trying on his new hat!

Sledding

Relaxing by the fire

Breaking open geodes 

Nathan spent a lot of time decorating his room and installing his new basketball hoop

A different way to dunk a chicken nugget

Trying out the new mixer sno-cone attachment 

Getting outside for a little bit at Baer Park

Potato clock!

Elly's painting was picked to be hung up in the coffee shop!

Skating at Elver before the ice melts

Elly and daddy zooming down the hill

Some of the Elver sledding hill carnage