Tess and Christmas

This was a fun Christmas for us to watch Tess.  She was very excited about all of it, in her very own Tessy way.

This ornament is always the very favorite of the 3-and-under set.  Tess is no exception.

She was a bit overwhelmed by trimming the tree, and after a couple of forays into hanging things, she settled down and watched, unwrapping things as they came her way.  Next year she’ll be more involved, I’m sure.

She wore the Christmas dress I made for Hannah when she was 2.  She didn’t love it, unfortunately.  She’s into pajamas right now (she calls them demamas).  She loved the one gift to open on Christmas Eve, because it was pajamas.  She brought them to Mass with us – I figured it wasn’t worth arguing with her to leave them at home.  So, during the readings, she put the pajamas on OVER her Christmas dress.  Michael has some pictures, so we’ll have to get those up here sometime soon.

The older kids thought they’d like to watch Tess open stuff, but she was slow and meticulous, and I wouldn’t let them hurry the process, so they quickly got bored and moved on.  She didn’t mind.  She wanted to spend 20-30 minutes playing with each new thing, so not having her siblings pushing her to open more was just fine with her, anyway. 

Robes count as demamas!  WITH a hood!  Score!

Everyone else is pretty much finished unwrapping at this point; Tess is still playing with gift #4.  But, hey, she’s totally happy!

Aunts and uncles combined to get her a set of playsilks.  These were a VERY popular item.  And fun to photograph, as well. 

Lima, of course, was never far from the festivities, and she benefited from the playsilks, too.  For a little while, she actually got to wear something.

 

Here’s Tess, instructing me to take a picture of Lima.

The funniest gift she opened was the art supplies from her siblings.  I didn’t get a picture, unfortunately, but she pulled out a box of markers, and nothing would do but that she get to try EACH of the 8 markers, before pulling out a box of 8 skinny markers and having to repeat the process.  Then came the 12 colored pencils.  It was a lengthy process.  But cute.

  

She definitely had a merry Christmas.  And it was really fun to watch her!