December Daily 2009 : Day Nine
Tags:DAY NINE
I love holiday bedding. It's a part of my love of decor transformation that goes on around here during Christmas time. We got a new bed right before Anna was born which means I needed some new bedding (my favorite that we had last year is now on Simon's bed).
SUPPLIES : AE Holiday Corner Art
JOURNALING FOR SIMON : Oh Simon, you were beyond excited to see Santa again this year. The biggest thing on your mind was making sure that Santa had a Lego Indiana Jones Temple Escape set at the North Pole. You asked him about it and he said that yes, indeed he did have just that toy and he knew all about it. You were so relieved.
You and Santa talked about the North Pole & Rudolph & how he was staying in a hotel while the elves and Mrs. Claus were getting ready for Christmas.
You were also pretty excited to have your sister meet Santa. What you really wanted to do was carry her over to him and introduce him to her. Instead of having you carry her I placed her in his lap and you were so happy to have her there with you.
You also wanted to make sure that Santa knew he should bring a new baby rattle for Anna.
JOURNALING FOR ANNA : This, my sweet girl, was your very first visit to see Santa. We dressed you up in the cutest little beige & white dress, cream tights, little black mary jane shoes with a bow on the strap, and a great red wool coat that I bought before you were born. You were so, so cute.
I carried you through the little maze to see the jolly man in the red suit. You watched while Simon had his conversation with Santa and then I placed you in his lap for the photo. At first you gave a little cry and looked up at the man with the furry face with apprehension but then you saw Simon and decided this must be ok.
Dad and I stood back by the photographer to get the two of you to look his way while he captured the moment. It was so cool to see the photo come out with two great kids on Santa's lap.
This post is part of a series documenting the month of December 2009. You find out more information and view all the completed pages of my album here. Share your work in the Flickr gallery here.
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Sweet bedding! Where did you get it?
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Hi, Ali! Love the photos on top of the bed! Just wanted to ask where you can have photos mounted like the one of Anna's in the middle? Thanks!
*hugs*
Nina
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I love the photo with Santa, really sweet! Your work, dear Ali, is great inspiration for me and the idea of december daily is great, thanks:)
Agata from Poland
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Thanks for sharing the journaling!
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The beard always get the little one and it is massive. Glad Anna had Simon to look on for confidence.
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That's a gallery wrapped canvas from ColorInc: http://www.colorincprolab.com/index.php
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Wow Ali, just amazing. Love everything about your page.
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Too cool! We're going to see Santa tomorrow. This gets me in the mood - to make sure to record The Story.
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Love the photo of the two kids with Santa - Anna looks like she could be an elf! One question, why is Santa in his jammies?
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i love your style but life has gotten in the way of following all the time...i just wanted to share that we for YEARS have always done a barnes and nobles gift card in our kids stocking...with a note or tag that says "if you can read you can do anything" and they always have so much fun knowing when they go they have that card and pick out something--now we do it for our grandkids....and then they get one giant candy bar and candy cane oh and socks we always seem to need socks ...
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i love your album - great photo with santa!
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wow, Simon looks so much older now....crazy how time is just flying by...Anna is adorable! They are both super lucky to have you as a momma, capturing all these wonderful moments!
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Where can I find that "9" you used for your journaling on the bedding page?
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Thank you Ali for giving me such a great time documenting December with my children! Where can I find that "9" you used for your journaling on the pedding page? Thanks
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Love that Santa! Instead of done up in all the gear, it looks like you dropped in on him at home as he's just chillaxin'. Great idea for the columns for each child.
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Ali,
Love the bedding. Do you remember where you got it from? It looks very Pottery Barn! :)
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Oh my gosh Ali! You must have been so proud, they are such beautiful children, but nothing is like the magic of Santa through a child's eyes. Love how you captured these memories.
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I just love this Christmas journaling scrapbook you are making. Could you just make it a kit that I could purchase?! :)
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Another thank you for posting your journaling - and saving my eyes! I love the story as much as the photos, and am always straining to read each page. Beautiful book, photos, & kidlets! Thanks so much for sharing with us.
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