We celebrated Christmas Eve at Nalani and Jed's house. It was great! Cash and Cameron were happy once we gave them their own bowl of Ranch Dressing. The carrot stick was just the way to transport the ranch dressing to their mouth (well, kind of, a lot didn't actually make it inside their mouth....eating is hard when you are under 2!).
We had our traditional Left/Right gift exchange game. Cody received bacon chapstick and Meridith got Corndog chapstick. The bacon kind nearly knocked my socks off when I smelled it.....and then Cody put some on his lips! Aghhhh! Meridith looked at him and said, don't even think about coming near me! ha ha ha! My mom received bacon gumballs and Carson ate one. As we were leaving to go home he had the most disturbed facial expression. I asked him what was wrong and he said "I ate one of those bacon gumballs and I can't get the taste out of my mouth!!!! Shudder.
Nalani and I capped off the evening by giving Cameron and Cash pop rocks. They kept opening and closing their mouth, like a little fish. It was awesome.
The boys were able to wear their new pajamas that Aunt Cindy made for them before we went home. They loved them! They stayed in these pajamas until Christmas night. Thanks Cindy!
Christmas morning: This was the first year that I didn't have to wake Carson up. He was awake and patiently waiting for me to come downstairs and tell him it's time to get up. I wonder how many more years that will be the case? Sheesh, I NEVER slept on Christmas Eve! My kids are so mellow about it, it's just not right I tell ya! Santa was good to us this year, my kids really are really appreciative of what is given to them, it's so sweet!
I was pretty dang excited about my gift this year....now I can really do some mixing! Bread anyone? Yahoooooo!
My brother Darren gave us this beautiful photograph, it's already hanging up in my living room. The perks of having a photographer for a brother, I'm so lucky!
If any of you have a son in elementary school, he probably loves the "Diary of a Whimpy Kid" series of books. My parents gave Carson 3 of the books and he has already read 1 1/2 of them since Christmas Day. Sure the books have some potty humor in them, whatever it takes to get kids to read, right? :)
The kids received lots of Bakugan toys, they were in heaven, and Sam got some shoes and shirts...life is good! We tried getting a cute Christmas morning picture of the boys in their pj's. Oh well, we tried.
Oh yeah, Santa gave Sam some Mountain Dew Chapstick. hee hee!
Carson's main gift was his very own tent! Yay!!! One less child in my tent when we go camping. :) Ulterior Motive? You bet your bottom dollar!
Saturday Sam took the kids sledding, they came home smiling even though they had some wicked wipeouts!
And just like that....Christmas is over. I can't believe it! Here's hoping for a quiet and boring January!
4 comments:
sooo much fun!! i had fun hangin with you guys christmas day- love you guys!
My boys loved having their own tents...they still do, except Spencer. He's a mama's boy. 2020, you'll be waiting for your call from your missionary. It will be another awesome Christmas!
Ewwwwww....bacon chapstick and gumballs....Gross...Hork! My kids are pretty mellow too but not that mellow...geesh! At least they're not waking you up at like 5 or 6!!! Anyways, here's hoping for a boring January!!!
amy b.
I loved reading abour your Christmas. You got some great pictures too. Thanks for sharing. So is the relative gift exchange of the white elephant variety? Those were some interesting gifts.
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