We have had a wonderful Christmas this year. As I finish this blog post we have ham, corn casserole and rolls cooking for dinner, homemade ice cream churning in my new ice cream maker from Jonathan, and jello pie waiting in the refrigerator for our second dessert :)
The boys were extremely excited about Santa this year, clearly marked by their 615 wake up time! We feel so blessed be able to give gifts to them and to see the excitement on their faces as they opened each one.
Payton received an ant farm (he is frequently found out on the lanai searching for ants and watching their little habits so we thought he would love this), a super hero puzzle from Sawyer, a remote control car from Santa, a few new books and workbooks, a Hermie movie, legos, legos, legos, a great drawstring bag to store them, and quite a few more great gifts! According to him, his favorite was his puppy dog dream light.
Sawyer received a create-your-own volcano, which he had really wanted, Darth Maul from Payton, an electric drum set from Santa (he is quite our little musician so Santa was right on in bringing Sawyer drums), a few new books and workbooks, a Hermie book, legos, legos, legos, another drawstring bag to store them, and once again, according to him, his favorite... His pink-haired, rainbow, unicorn dream light. He complains of being afraid of the dark almost every night and we usually just pray with him and send him back to bed but he has been insisting on "needing" this unicorn dream light because the commercial said it keeps kids from being afraid of the dark. Marketing... Ugh!
Hudson had a wonderful Christmas as well and really cleaned up! He received quite a few books (some of his favorite including lift-a-flap books, Elmo books and even one with a bunch of verses to The Itsy Bitsy Spider), a Little Tikes Little Fliers Ramp (he's very into hecos or helicopters for us talking folk), some magnetic building blocks and balls, a string-a-farm activity set, a Melissa and Doug "latches" puzzle, all to increase his little fine motor skills, and of course, a dream light :) He received the turtle, or "honu" light. He loves to take his singing Christmas tree to bed with him at night so we're hopeful that he'll trade it in for the quiet dream light tonight!
Cash even received a new ball and some raw hide candy canes from Santa :) He was very excited!
We hope each of you had a wonderful Christmas and we can't wait to introduce you to our baby girl (hopefully sooner than later)!
Remote Control Car from Santa
Electric Drums from Santa
Hudson loves his Little Tikes Little Fliers Ramp! He has spent most of the day putting anything he can find down it including sippy cups, balls, cars, toy donuts, and so on. Way to go, Santa!
Bible Action Figures from Santa - Goliath, Joshua, Sampson and David
Payton and Sawyer were showing off their new USNA hats from Nana! So cute!
Jonathan gave me some speakers to play the ipad and ipods on in the house!
I gave Jonathan some new Redwing boots!
Here we are, enjoying our traditional breakfast casserole and fruit smoothies for Christmas breakfast!
Christmas Morning under the Tree
Heading out for Christmas Eve Candle Light Service
Ready for Bed in their Christmas Jammies
This Year's Tree - I love to see how it looks a little different ever year!
1 comment:
Happy everyday in your house! Its hard to believe as of this posting, your beautiful Christmas picture is outdated already! I really enjoy the blog and I thank you for coming back to updating it. Very happy you all enjoyed such a nice Christmas and now on to a very exciting new year with little Miss Harper added to your mix. The happiest of new years wishes to you. With much love, Mom
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