Opening a book from Grandma and Grandpa after our Christmas Eve dinner with my family
Colby opening his book
Arranging the cookies for Santa
This is what I found on Christmas Eve. Colby did not want this pile disturbed so he wrote a sign, with help from Dad, I think, that says...
"This is my pile and your pile"
Sleeping on the floor together in Kara's room. Being able to tell them Santa doesn't come till you're asleep was a beautiful thing. Easiest bedtime I can remember for a long time!
Waiting on the stairs Christmas morning
Opening up her dress-ups
Modeling all 3 of her dress-ups at the same time
Trying out his new camera which he used all day. Unfortunately, it got taken away by the end of the day for some naughty behavior. It's true that Santa not only gives us presents but can take them away if we're not behaving, right?
Events not pictured:
Christmas Eve lunch at Applebee's with Cameron's family
Christmas brunch at our house
Christmas was especially fun this year as the kids start to get a little older and are starting to catch on (we hope) to what we are teaching them. Both Colby and Kara were able to tell us why we have Christmas and sort of why we give and get presents. I was even pleasantly surprised how still they sat and how well they listened as Cameron read the Christmas story and we lit the candles on our nativity scene on Christmas Eve. And the next day, the Curious George stuffed animal Colby got as a gift became the Baby Jesus which slept in Kara's baby crib, which she got as a gift. Of course most, or all, of the excitement was about Santa and the gifts, but I hopefully one day, it won't be -I'm sure not till they have children of their own! Cameron had to leave for work at 10:00 am on Christmas day and didn't end up making it back to Salt Lake till 12:30 am (instead of 6:00 pm) because they shut down the airport due to weather. He had to be at the airport again at 6:00 am this morning so he ended up just sleeping there. No fun for him, but at least we got him for Christmas Eve and Christmas morning!
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!
The transition from Thanksgiving to Christmas is so quick, don't you think? One day I'm enjoying some fabulous turkey, the next, I'm gazing at Christmas lights and singing, "I saw mommy kissing Santa Clause." Just seems so unsmooth. But no more complaints here. I love the holidays.
And because Kara has to do everything her big brother does, she refused to eat the turkey I gave her and had to have her own leg.
The whole crew. Our dinner was lovely, just as it always is. Have I mentioned I love Thanksgiving? Thanks grandma and grandpa for a perfect Thanksgiving feast and good company!
After our feast and dessert of pies a plenty, we headed to Cameron's dad's house where we played games and the kids spent the night. Despite the fact that Cameron had to be at the airport early, I still got to sleep in and go shopping. Hooray for grandma and grandpa!
Last night we met my sister in Salt Lake to see the lights. It was fun and the kids enjoyed it more than I thought. Thanks to a cute little granny who befriended Colby on the frontrunner going home, our trip was pretty decent, even though halfway through I had started to regret taking the kids by myself on such an outing. Thanks random granny!
