Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Season's Greetings

Ho ho ho!

‘Tis the season to start posting some more pictures of Elizabeth, I was sternly instructed. So here you are. It’s a veritable medley of images from the past month including:
Elizabeth with Santa Claus (Der Weihnachtsmann if you’re German. Baba Noel if you’re Turkish) at my office’s “Kids Holiday Party” on Dec. 14. That's almost as precious as....


Elizabeth and her new table and chairs that she got from Old St. Nick this year (yes, Kris Kringle came early to the Ward household). Elizabeth’s new favorite trick is to climb on top of the table…which is why she also got….



A helmet. Yes, it’s a bike helmet. And no she doesn’t ride a bike. But you never can be too sure. Lots of things happen when preparing for the arrival of Sinterklas (Holland/Indonesia). Including this….


A naked monkey baby playing with a pile of Elizabeth’s books that will surely grow in number and difficulty when Dyed Moroz (Russia) comes for a visit. But the best gift that Svaty Miklas (Czech) could give us this year….


A standing, walking, destructive baby that pops out of presents left by Babbo Natale (Italy), tears down shelves, and eats just about anything fist-sized or smaller that doesn’t run away. Things like homemade play-do, as seen here:


One thing Joulupukki (Finland) already dropped off this year was a few inches of snow.



Thankfully, that gave Elizabeth time to stay inside and learn animal noises with Mama.



3 comments:

DC MOM said...

Great post and thank you for the language lessons translating Papa Noel ten times. Beautiful snap of Elizabeth on Santa’s knee and the dress is lovely. The table and chairs look great, now she can have a friend over for a sit. And if she likes to climb on top of furniture, she may be getting that from my brother John, who squatted in his highchair tray to be fed dinner. Yeah!! Elizabeth is going to learn to ride a bike, then she can teach Mama. She looks dashing in that helmet, is it a ladybug? The play dough looks good, but next time color it, also give her a roller and some cookie cutters. You can roll it out and she can press shapes with the cookie cutters. Does Elizabeth have to wear camo PJs because Daddy works for the army? The animal sounds are great.

Uncle E said...

Her "Bear Growl" might be the cutest thing I have ever seen! Steph and I can't wait to see all 4 of you in just a few weeks!!

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