Dovewood Court Holiday Lights 2011

Dovewood Court Holiday Lights 2011

Beautiful lights and holiday cheer on Dovewood Court

Alina's 1st holiday season; she loved all the Christmas lights

Mr. Grinch 2011; I want one for our yard!!

Alice and Wonderland holiday light display

The 2011 holiday light tunnel

The crowd all in the Christmas spirit

Great polar theme display

Walking through the huge holiday light tunnel

Love it!

Alina enjoyed her first Dovewood holiday light experience

Cute little sisters sharing their first holiday season together

Run Charlie, it's Red Baron Rudolph Snoopy

Holiday Festivities 2011

Enjoying babydoll Alina's first Christmas season

Happy kids while waiting to meet Santa

Alina and mommy by the supersized Christmas tree

The girls seem to be daydreaming in this one; I like it :)

The babydoll and the caterpillar

Elise's first preschool Christmas party. Santa brought special gifts!

Sweet little Elise excited to get her present from Santa

The kids loved the puppet show; it was a hit with us adults too!

All ready to decorate her first Gingerbread house

Adding the finishing touches

Mmmm, gingerbread house sweets!

The finished gingerbread house, trees and couple

Gingerbready goodness

Beware gingerbread house, we have a candy loving toddler!

Rocklin Christmas Lights at Pebble Creek and Strand Drive - 2011



Santa Claus amidst the festive lights



Santa's sleigh, workshop and toy factory

Santa and his sleigh taking flight upon a well lit runway

Great Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer cartoon display

Santa, Rudolph, Abominable Snowman and Hermey

Beautiful reindeer Christmas light display

The girls posing by the lights

All four of us enjoying the evening 

Disney princesses and Bambi light displays

Elise was so excited to pose by Snow White - she loves her!

Cutie pie Elise with 101 Dalmations

Elise loved the Disney themed Christmas light displays

Tangled Christmas lights - love her glowing hair!

Peanuts Christmas

Scooby Doo Christmas lights

Calvin & Hobbes holiday display - great protesting snowmen!

Fun Toy Story Christmas light display

Pixar themed holiday light displays

Getting into the Christmas Spirit



Our decked out Christmas tree and a warm inviting fire

Happy Santa and Elise's very own snowglobe

Lovely ornament and tree lights

Tinkerbell and baby sweet pea ornaments

Birds on the moon Christmas ornament - my favorite!

Christmas ornaments galore

Gnomey - he's a great stand-in for the elves

 

We "decked the halls" (aka decorated for Christmas) this past Sunday and I must say Christmas is a million times more fun with a two-and-a-half year old/highly excitable kiddo around. Elise enjoyed unwrapping all the Christmas ornaments and then instructing mommy and daddy on where to hang each and every one. Of course, she made sure to hang as many as she could on her own. She is extremely excited for Christmas this year and already has a list of items she wants Santa to bring her: princess shoes, a princess castle, a "girl" potato head, Play-doh, a jewelry box and lots of Tinkerbell stuff - and the list grows each day.

After dressing up the tree and decorating the house, we took some much needed relaxation time and had a nice warm winter fire. I love winter time, because I look forward to cuddling by the fireplace with the kids. This year is extra special, since we have our adorable little baby Alina to snuggle up with. She is quite the cuddler! She's not squirmy at all and will just sit happily in our arms or lap until we are ready to lay her down. We are VERY excited to celebrate Alina's first Christmas this year. Having little ones of our own, makes this time of year feel even more magical than it did when we were young!

Daddy and his girls cuddling by the warm fire; so sweet!

Alina doll getting all warm and cozy before bed

Moments like these are the BEST. We love our cuddly baby!

Elise's first ornament - Hallmark baby shoes 2009

Beautiful glass Christmas ornament

Purple birdy ornament - Elise loves this one!

Ah...the joys of the holidays