Post-Christmas festivities

The week following Christmas was so nice; we just relaxed and did all our favorite holiday activities. One of Kate's favorite things was when we walked up to the park with my dad and Shila. She had the best time on all the slides, but when it was time to go, she was NOT a happy camper! It's always so nice to go to the park with another adult, so one of us can walk her up the stairs to the slide and then one can catch her. It's like when Gail was in Madison in our unseasonably warm November; we went to the playground at the zoo (probably Kate's favorite playground in the whole city), and Kate had so much fun having Grandma Gail catch her as she went down the big red tunnel side. This time with Grandpa was no different.


Looking adorable in her new outfit


"I've got my hood, I'm ready to go!"








Going down backwards!

Christmas Morning!

Kate was so thrilled with her presents on Christmas morning. She noticed the shopping cart right away and had a great time pushing that around. Then we went downstairs to see the "big" gift from Santa; it was a Fisher Price Treehouse! That quickly became her new favorite pastime; when she wanted to go down it, she would run to the basement door and say "Whee!" (which is what she says whenever she goes down the slide).


Such a beautiful tree!


Coming down the stairs Christmas morning


Loving her shopping cart!






Snowman Winnie the Pooh, you need to go down the slide too


Whee!




Looking at our stockings








Such a beautiful pic of Kate and Nana








Trying to put on the American girl doll hat




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So mad!








"Chocolate!"


Watching the Packers game in her new Aaron Rodgers jersey from my mom


The two matching Packer fans


"Who Needs Santa When I Have Grandma?" So true!

Christmas Eve: Part Two

Here are some shots of our Christmas Eve dinner and Kate in her adorable Christmas Eve dress.






Nancy and Austin. Please ignore the fact that my brother is wearing a tank top.




My mom's beautiful table










Such a beautiful dress; and what a silly face!




She loves this chair and doll!


"But I want to touch the tree!:


Dan & Nancy


Love the tree