CHRISTMAS WAS A BLAST AT OUR HOUSE THIS YEAR!!! SANTA REALLY OUTDID HIMSELF!
We had Christmas Eve dinner at our house - for the second year running! We had a lot of extra leftover food, but other than that, everything went well! The kids got dressed up in their "Christmas Outfits" for our party - you can see them there in front of our tree!
John is the biggest kid of all ~ he woke us all up on Christmas morning! The kids were excited to see what Santa had brought them and to open their many gifts from Mom and Dad. Alyssa got a balance beam from Santa and Nicholas got the Star Wars Imperial Shuttle. They all got a clubhouse that they can help put together and take down...over and over again! Right now, that is at Nonnie's!!
After we opened our gifts, Nonnie came over with another load of presents. Alyssa gave up and fell asleep for a little while. Poor thing was too tired to even finish opening her gifts! She did manage to say the cutest things when she opened some of her gifts, though. Like when she opened one of her fleece blankets, she told Lauren it was "exactly what I always wanted!"
Anyways, when we finished our gifts with Nonnie, we went to Aunt Pat's for Brunch and - you guessed it - more gifts! Aunt Pat is always a winner with the gifts she buys. She got Alyssa the Dora Magical Castle, and she plays with it EVERY day. As a matter of fact, she had all of the pieces out before we even left Pat's house!
As you can tell, Christmas was great this year! The kids really got into it and Santa went above and beyond his call of duty. Of course, this means next year, Santa will have to do even more...We'll see about that!!
Stay tuned for pics from our recent vacation!