Ella is 20 months old! This last month was lots of fun for us in anticipation of Christmas. About a month before Santa's arrival, we started talking with Ella about the entire tradition. She loved hearing about Santa flying with his reindeer to the top of our house, then coming down the chimney. She would repeat the key words, and would talk about it with us throughout the days. 
When we asked her what she wanted Santa to bring for her, the only request she ever made was for a bus (the same one we gave her friend Susanna for her birthday shortly prior). We also got to meet our new friend, Jingle the Elf. Jingle would report to Santa each night about whether Ella was naughty or nice that day. Then he would hide in a new spot in the house for Ella to find him the next morning, and she loved this game. She would often shout: "Jingle! Where are you?"
Another tradition we introduced to Ella was the chocolate advent calendar. Ella has a new love/obsession for this sweet treat, and would ask for her chocolate before breakfast even though she knew it was only for after dinner.
Appropriately, with respect to her new love of Chocolate, we visited Hershey park with Ella's friend London. They had so much fun on the little kiddie rides,
and Ella especially loved her free chocolate sample after our factory tour.
During our visit, Ella counted the number of Hershey kisses in a picture, all the way up to '10' all by herself!
On Christmas Eve, Ella left out milk and homemade chocolate chip cookies for Santa, as well as 9 baby carrots for his reindeer.
Christmas morning was a lot of fun. Santa did bring Ella the school bus she wanted, and also a new kitchen, complete with pretend food. She loves cooking interesting combinations while we're preparing her meals for her. Opening presents was a slow process, since she really just wanted to play with the already unwrapped toys!
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