Early Christmas

Yesterday mom and dad let us open our Christmas presents! I love my dvd, doll and doctor kit! Elijah really likes his basketball hoop and we both like his toy airplane! Daddy got some videos, and mommy got a nice easel to paint on.

The Little Drummer Boy

Today Daddy was taking a vacation day so we went back to Pinocchio’s Marionette Theater to see “The Little Drummer Boy.” It had Baby Jesus in it too! Afterward we got to see how the people make the marionettes move. (They also had a cool toy display. Mom and dad found several old toys that they had growing up.) We also played in this area the mall has right in front of the theater. Oh and we got a pretzel that had sugar and cinnamon on it. It was very good and very messy!

MJ's to bounce

Last week we also went to one of my favorite places: MJ’s (Mikayla June's, well actually it stands for Monkey Joe's.) It has a bunch of bounce houses. Elijah was able to stand up better this time. Elijah impressed Mommy last week when she told him to get his shoes and he did!

Gardens, Spicy toothpaste and Christmas Parties!

These have been a busy last few weeks. Mommy took us to Leu Gardens. We toured the museum house that was all decorated for Christmas. But they didn’t want you to touch anything, which was pretty hard, and mommy got tired of holding Elijah. We checked out the roses, they were blooming very nicely for December and we even saw a smallish alligator in the water. I, Mikayla had my first dentist appointment, but didn’t cooperate very well. But I do like brushing my teeth more, and use toothpaste that has something in it called Florida (I think it makes it kinda spicy). We also got to spend some time with our friend Devon. She went with our whole family to Winterpark, where they had a cool choral concert and Tiffany stained-glass windows in the park. It was pretty and we got to stay up late. Elijah got his second flu shot and didn’t even cry. Then we went to a big Christmas party at Daddy’s work. They had lots of lights and they gave glow-stick necklaces to us kids and we each got a new special stuffed animal. (And I got a candy cane painted on my face.) It was great!

Singing and Dancing

Mom and Dad always find lots of things to see around Orlando. They had a free concert where they sang Handel’s Messiah. We only stayed for part; it was too hard to sit still. But we also got to see some people playing hand bells during intermission. We also went to a mall that had some cloggers dancing. It was really nice to watch, I had to dance too!

Making a Music Video

So we were walking through a store at the mall, and they had some really fun music playing. I decided to dance my way through the store--I think some people thought we were making a music video! (We're working on getting the video posted.)