Last night we tried out services at a local church. The service was kind of cute, with the kids doing their pageant stuff, but then it got weird with some evangelical puppets. In any case, the kids looked adorable and we got to sing all of the good hymns.
When we got home we lit the luminaria and the house looked like this.
Sharon and the girls and Tom came over for Christmas Eve dinner. We ate lots of food and then there was gingerbread cake and lots of cookies. Tom read Santa Mouse to us.
After the kids went to bed we played games for a while, had some cocktails and some laughs and then before going to bed around 2AM the tree looked like this:
This morning it looked like this:
The kids poked around, trying to figure out which boxes had their names on them.
It looked like this outside:
Henry and Clara played with their little Bilibo seats that Santa left unwrapped.
They also checked out these wildlife puppets left by Santa Tom (shhhh!)
Full stockings!!
Henry had a dino-themed book in his stocking.
Clara got this beautiful sweater from Aunt Joyce. She enjoyed showing it to Franklin. He appreciated its design.
Franklin seemed to enjoy the whole morning, even though he didn't get a new Kong.
The kids were very slow-paced in their opening...playing with each toy or reading each book before moving on.
The big finale from Santa was a big roaring, stomping t-rex for Henry and a sweet, but also noise-making, elephant for Clara. They went head-to-head for a while. Clara is completely freaked out by the dinosaur. She was hiding behind my back.
Later, after some much-needed naps, we went to Grandma and Bampa's for dinner. Henry and Clara poked around the presents before we ate.
Later we opened a few gifts. Clara got a big dress-up box and Henry tried to help her out with the shoes.
Vivian got a new Bumbo seat from her parents, and enjoyed hanging out in it.
And, I apparently didn't get many good shots of Pete this year, but here's one of him listening to a singing Snoopy. Right now he has his headphones on and he's geeking out with a new Bitches Brew album/memorabilia gift from Liz and Van.
I was hoping for another Christmas game of Scrabble, but I may just have to go fall asleep. Merry Christmas!
When we got home we lit the luminaria and the house looked like this.
Sharon and the girls and Tom came over for Christmas Eve dinner. We ate lots of food and then there was gingerbread cake and lots of cookies. Tom read Santa Mouse to us.
After the kids went to bed we played games for a while, had some cocktails and some laughs and then before going to bed around 2AM the tree looked like this:
This morning it looked like this:
The kids poked around, trying to figure out which boxes had their names on them.
It looked like this outside:
Henry and Clara played with their little Bilibo seats that Santa left unwrapped.
They also checked out these wildlife puppets left by Santa Tom (shhhh!)
Full stockings!!
Henry had a dino-themed book in his stocking.
Clara got this beautiful sweater from Aunt Joyce. She enjoyed showing it to Franklin. He appreciated its design.
Franklin seemed to enjoy the whole morning, even though he didn't get a new Kong.
The kids were very slow-paced in their opening...playing with each toy or reading each book before moving on.
The big finale from Santa was a big roaring, stomping t-rex for Henry and a sweet, but also noise-making, elephant for Clara. They went head-to-head for a while. Clara is completely freaked out by the dinosaur. She was hiding behind my back.
Later, after some much-needed naps, we went to Grandma and Bampa's for dinner. Henry and Clara poked around the presents before we ate.
Later we opened a few gifts. Clara got a big dress-up box and Henry tried to help her out with the shoes.
Vivian got a new Bumbo seat from her parents, and enjoyed hanging out in it.
And, I apparently didn't get many good shots of Pete this year, but here's one of him listening to a singing Snoopy. Right now he has his headphones on and he's geeking out with a new Bitches Brew album/memorabilia gift from Liz and Van.
I was hoping for another Christmas game of Scrabble, but I may just have to go fall asleep. Merry Christmas!
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