Well since we're snowed in today and tomorrow, I better get caught up on my posts! :) Watch out...it's a long one!!
Christmas week started with our annual friend's Christmas. The Davis family always hosts and we have a great time eating, decorating cookies for Santa, and spending time together.
Then on Monday, we had the Clarks and Bergers over for our Christmas together. We had a nice time eating, opening presents, and playing Settlers of Catan with Steven and Kristina afterward. Kristina was home for 2 weeks and we saw Steven just for a little while before he headed to Antarctica and Brazil.
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| Emerson showing off her new Sofia the First jewelry and winter boots from Memaw and Papa B. |
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| They both look so happy here...just ignore the giant flash reflection in the tv! :) |
On Christmas Eve morning, we went over to the Hahns for brunch. Nate was home for the week so it was great to see him again.
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| New suitcases from Gma and Papa H. |
Probably the most excitement we had on Christmas Eve was opening the note Tricky brought from Santa saying our elf had extra magic for the day and the kids could hold him and play with him for the day. Emerson was ecstatic. Landon was terrified....if you remember last year, he touched the elf and had a horrible time with the guilt of making our poor little elf sick the next day. We finally helped him get over his fear with a lot of reassurance and he did touch him. :)
We read the story of Jesus' birth and then the kids got to open their first gift from us on Christmas Eve...new Christmas pjs!
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| Getting everything ready for Santa. The reindeer got special food that the kids put together at preschool. |
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New Christmas pajamas
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Christmas morning, the kids actually slept in a little and then ran around like crazy looking for gifts from Santa under the tree and in their stockings.
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Opening Jesus' gift first... a Sparkle box.
We wrote things we did to help others...thus giving Jesus a gift. |
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I love trying to catch their reactions on camera! :)
These are the gifts they got each other. Landon picked out 2 Sofia dolls for Emmy and she chose a car, darts, and and ball for him. |
I hope you had a wonderful season celebrating the greatest birth of all...Jesus Christ!
That looks like so much fun! How nice to have so much time with family!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of letting the kids play with your elf one day. I will have to remember that for next year because kenna would love it!
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