This year, we opted to stay home and relax on Christmas Eve. We lounged and ate soup :) We put the kids to bed at the normal time and then woke them up at 10:45 to head to Gus' brother's house for the midnight celebration. I accidentally left the memory card at home, so we didn't get any pictures of our giddy children at midnight, but they certainly had fun!
We slept late Christmas morning and then the kids opened the gifts from us and a few relatives who sent things. Nathan is our early bird and was wide awake, even after our late night.
Emie really liked passing out gifts, but wasn't a huge fan of tearing them open.
Nathan was really excited to give us a star he made at school.
We found this great kitchen on the side of the road! It just needed a few new screws and a wipe down and it was ready to go. We got Emie some play food and dishes for her Christmas present.
She has been "cooking" a lot this week already!
I think Nathan's favorite gift was a bat cave given to him by his Tita Grace and Uncle John.
After gifts, we had a big breakfast, took a walk, played with our new toys for a while, took long naps and then headed to Grandpa and Grandma's house for dinner and another gift exchange.
Isaac watched all of the action this year. It is crazy to think he'll be right in there ripping open gifts next year!
Emie loves playdoh, so I know she'll enjoy this playdoh ice cream set.
Mommy and Isaac
We had so much fun spending time with both sides of our family, but we were pretty tired when Monday morning came and it was time to head to work/school/babysitter. I really wish Americans celebrated Boxing Day!
1 comment:
Ya look great, Tracy! And how brave to do a midnight thing with kiddos are were sleeping!
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