Our Christmas in Pictures

We're spanning a few days here - from Christmas Eve at the Chens to our annual After-Christmas Visit with the Chapmans. I thought, seeing as it's 10:30 on New Year's Eve, I ought to post these. You know, sometime before 2011.

To begin: My dad playing with a Barney puppet. Never thought I'd see this happen. Best part - Dad had no clue who Barney was. We overheard him say, "Hi, my name is Ralph." Ralph?
For those of you who don't know, Mike is notorious for his outlandish wrapping jobs. One year, there was something wrapped in duct tape. This year's was awesome. Rubber bands. Brian forgot to count how many there were. When I asked him how may, he said, "plenty."
Enter, Christmas morning. Kaylynn could tell you who Santa was, tell you that "Santa no hurt you", tell you that she did not want to get her picture taken with him again, and had no clue that Santa leaves presents. Still, she was pretty stoked about her baby doll stroller. In typical Kaylynn form, she made a beeline for the buckles.
Ben was pretty happy about his first Christmas!
Have I mentioned that Kaylynn LOVES Elmo? And Abby. And Big Bird. And the Cookie Monster. And Baby Bear. But mostly, Elmo. Since this day, I have bought her the DVD of Elmo and the Potty. If we can't talk her into sitting on it, maybe a red puppet can. :)
"Hey, Grandma - I'm ready to learn how to bowl!"

I figure we can pull this picture back out in 18 years when Ben signs to play basketball for the Aggies.
Kaylynn being silly Christmas night.
Ben wearing Christmas outfit #3 on Christmas night.
Kaylynn got stickers from Meese. Instead of putting them in the sticker book that came with them, she thought her face was a more appropriate place.
Jacob and Ben. Shortly after this, Ben started fussing, so Jacob handed Ben over. Shortly after that, Ben spit up all over me. Jacob was the only one who found it funny.
Caleb teaching Kaylynn how to play Fruit Ninja on the iPad. This was after Kaylynn told him to "saw'em off".
So, Mom got Kaylynn a tricycle to keep at her house and a panda helmet to go with it...even though I never wore helmet a day in my life. Kaylynn talked some folks into pushing her on it outside, but of course, we had to wear our helmet. While she was getting ready, she found the goggles and wanted to wear them, too. To protect her eyes from the blistering north wind? Perhaps?
More sticker silliness...with painted fingernails!
2 questions:
1. How in the world can she sit like this?
2. When did her hair get so long?! Our beautiful girl!


It's officially 2011 in New York - and Cleveland - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!