Christmas Eve the kids woke up to a goodbye letter from Twinkles, they were so sad he had to leave that night. It's crazy the magic of the elf, but again, I'll take it. It's so innocent and sweet.
We got our house all ready for my mom and sister's family to come over. We had such a nice time celebrating with them and the kids loved everything they got - the girls especially loved their new Barbie Camper!
My family left around 6 and while they were headed to my aunts house (we chose to stay home this year and start a new tradition) we feasted on our yummy dinner. It was our first time making prime rib and it was delish! After dinner, we let the kids open 1 present that was addressed to the entire family and it was matching pj's for all! This was the first year we did this and we all loved it!
Rick purchased a new tripod this year so we set up for a photo in front of the tree.
Then it was time to watch a Christmas movie, Christmas Vacation was voted and I was not going to oblige since I love that movie and we hadn't watched it all month yet. After the movie, we set out milk & cookies & carrots then went outside to sprinkle the reindeer food on the lawn.
Rick read Twas the Night Before Christmas and the kids were off to sleep.
Earlier in the month I had already assembled the Barbie Dream House which was a combo gift for the girls from us and it was hiding in the garage. I was so happy I didn't leave that to do until Christmas Eve. Rick on the other hand, had to assemble the ping pong table we got for Brayden #sucker š
We were up pretty late moving presents around making sure the kids were in fact asleep and I think we finally went to bed by midnight.
Christmas morning the kids were sleeping in actually! All but Ella, she's always the first one up. We actually had to wake Avery around 8am! The best part of the morning is always sitting back with a cup of coffee watching the joy in the kids' faces. It really is the best!
After our slow morning, we had our homemade cinnamin rolls that the kids ask for every year and I love making. We headed to church around 1 then to my in-laws around 3. It was a fun-filled day and I love looking back and seeing all the happiness that was around!!
I'll be back next week to recap NYE which was also a great time!
xo,
Lizzie
Y'all are going to have so much fun with that ping pong table! Jacob just played for the first time recently and he wants one! We just got a little tabletop set for now and we've been having so much fun with it!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing all of your Christmas fun! The matching pjs and the new tripod pic came out great. A few others mentioned they make cinnamon rolls as well. I might need to get on that for next year. I haven't had them in so long. That ping pong table is going to be so much fun!
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