Well - the week started off busy! Monday we spent getting ready for Christmas and then Monday Evening, we all went down to Frank and Tina's for our Christmas Eve (and Bagna Caulda) party. The kids had fun playing with cousins and friends and the adults had fun talking and eating. We brought Dwayne and Nicole and family with us to celebrate and to introduce them to Bagna Caulda. We had a fun time and stuffed ourselves with junk food. :) That night it began to snow! We had a beautiful white Christmas by the next morning. After the party, we put the kids to bed and played Santa and set everything up and went to bed!
Christmas morning was a bit bigger than we usually do since my parents were here. We opened stockings, and ate a little breakfast while we chatted on Skype with Grandma and Grandpa Jones. The kids had fun opening their presents from each other and giving their presents to each other. It was so fun to watch them get so excited over everything. After that we called Grandma Penny and Aunt Pam on Skype so that they could watch the kids open the presents from them. It was really neat to be able to connect on the holidays even with family that weren't near by!
It was cute to watch my Dad help James open his stocking and presents - he made funny faces the whole time!
My parents got Aaron some lego (type) sets from Costco and he had fun building with my Grandpa. Those two get along so well - it is so fun to watch them spend time together.
James has learned what to do when he sees the camera - he now gives me his biggest cheesy grin any time I get the camera out! He's such a sweetie and such a smartie pants!!
Christmas night, we had dinner at our house. We had Grandpa, Frank and Tina and Frankie and Stuart and Rebecca with kids, along with Dwayne and Nicole and kids and Newell and Becky and kids. We had a full house, but the kids had lots of fun playing and eating and opening more stuff from Great Grandpa. Great Grandpa went big this year and I spent the better part of the next day building a kitchen set for Evie and a Tool Table for Aaron.
Evie was very excited about her kitchen set and from the time we opened it - she spent about every waking minute asking me when we would make her kitchen!! All the kids got into playing with the tool set - they used the plastic saw to cut up old cardboard boxes....
On Wednesday, we went to Ikea to get a dresser for James (the changing table doesn't fir his clothes....) And came home with the dresser, a kitchen island and a bunch of plans....
For Christmas, Dan made me some bags to carry my crafts around with me - then he gave me the better part of the rest of the week to work on my crafts - he took care of the kids and kept them busy and happy so I could have fun sewing and planning. I have finished the top of the quilt for the guest bed and some cute pillows to go with it.
The kids spent most of the week cooped up in the house (it's been kinda cold) so on Saturday, Dan took them to the Chick-fil-a play area and let them get their wiggles out. He took the older two on bike rides, but they both came back saying that they were freezing and didn't want to do that again until Summer! LOL
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