Hanukkah and Pee on the Potty!

woohoo! Ellie went pee on the potty today. She got out of bed and said she wanted to sit on the potty and she went! I am so excited!

 

here is a picture of my new floor. I know, the kitchen is still a work zone and it isnt really impressive in this pic, but I thought I would share{readmore}- it is almost functional!! We just need to buy one more tile to finish the corner by the stove (that is why the stove is not sitting straight)

 

and here are the promised pictures of hanukkah. These first couple are lighting candles. It was the first night of hannukah so we light one candle to represent the first night, but you always like the shumash - the candle that you use to light all the others. Also, you will see that we have multiple menorahs here - each family brings their own menorah. I think that is just something that our family does. and I think it is mainly so that each family unit has something to light. Also, we each have our own menorah because we only get together once or twice out of the eight nights and the other nights we say the prayer and light the candles at our own house.  

Here we are playing dreidle. We used peanuts for the 'betting' becuase that is what baby bear uses on elmos happy holidays dvd.  

 here is Eliana opening some presents with her zayda. She will get one present each night, after we light the candles. (but she actually gets two each night - one from us and one from Bubby and Zayda)

 

 here is a page that I am pretty proud of. The challenge was to only use one sheet of patterned paper - no cardstock or other paper. I finally used that starbucks paper! I went with a brown and green theme because that reminds me of starbucks. I love how the fancy pants felt works here!

 

 Here is a simple two page LO about Elianas first trip to the aquarium. I just loved all the photos here and I had a clever idea for the journaling so I kept it simple. 

 

The journaling reads: tickets to the aquarium: 38.41

lunch at the aquarium: $24.13

parking at the aquarium: $7.50

stuffed animal souveneirs: $33.22 

a wonderful day with bubby, mommy and lots of fishes, priceless.