Eliza and Hannah's aunts (the "D's" as they refer to them) gave them gift certificates to Build-a-Bear for Christmas. As a consequence, the whole family sallied forth from home a few days after Christmas to, well, build the girls' "bears."
Hannah settled on a gray kitty and named her "Alice", while Eliza settled on a bear named "Lila".
The girls got to stuff their animals and put a "heart" in them as well.
Then they picked out some clothes.
Add some information to a computer and you get a birth certificate.
Note that the box picture above containing the animal, clothes, and gift certificate became a point of obsession itself. The girls were carrying the boxes around constantly and when the handle tore on Hannah's box there was a lot of crying until Papa (Josh's dad) fixed it.
Cousin Makayla and Cousin Emily also were in the parade.
One benefit of a parade is that you get to stay up really late and get all kinds of silly as Hannah learned:
The girls took turns on the stool to get the ornaments up high, but even so there was about an 18 inch gap between the star at the top and the rest of the ornaments on our tree. We didn't care though, we loved it.
Okay, so they did have some help from their D's and other adults, but whose keeping track anyway?
Hannah had the opportunity to play Mary in the remake done immediately after the original but declined.
With the help of their aunts, Eliza and Hannah found "Charlie Brown" Christmas trees.
Hannah settled on a gray kitty and named her "Alice", while Eliza settled on a bear named "Lila". 
Note that the box picture above containing the animal, clothes, and gift certificate became a point of obsession itself. The girls were carrying the boxes around constantly and when the handle tore on Hannah's box there was a lot of crying until Papa (Josh's dad) fixed it.
