Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Wonderful Christmas Day!
We will post photos very soon, but I just can't help quickly posting how wonderful our Christmas was this year. On Christmas Eve we had a gift opening extravaganza at Striewe's. The adults drew names this year, so there was only one gift given and received by the adults, which meant the real focus was on the kids, and we find that far more enjoyable! I have started the tradition of getting the girls pajamas every Christmas and presenting them on Christmas Eve, so they can wake up on Christmas morn in their snuggly new jammies.
We got home from G & G Striewe's around 10:30pm and the girls went straight to bed without a peep...they're very good at that sometimes. Mommy and Daddy were up until around 2am waiting for Santa's arrival. He brought lots of good presents and even assembled some things this year, which was a GREAT strategy. The biggest gift of the year was the Fur Reals Friends Pony, Butterscotch. It is approximately three feet in height and is one of the first iterations of the new animatronic pets that are on the market these days. It's a hit with all three girls, but scares some of the visitors who enter our house and don't expect the 'stuffed animal' to move. Yikes! The little girls each got a new baby doll with a stroller, which they have pushed around every day religiously.
We prepped a yummy egg, sausage and hashbrown casserole and feasted on that around 11am at the dining room table. It was a late relaxed breakfast that happened naturally and peacefully (quite rare for our breakfasts around here). Daddy and Mommy decided it would be fun to have mimosas after brunch, which seemed decadent, but were very enjoyable. The day went by quickly jumping from toy to toy to project to project, and ended with a Daddy, Mommy, Ramona Scrabble game. Ramona came in close third. We couldn't have asked for a better Christmas day. No driving, no rushing, no planning, no stress, just relaxing in our PJs very late and enjoying our family time. Days like this are ones we are sure to cherish for years to come. I hope everyone else enoyed their Christmas Day as well!
We got home from G & G Striewe's around 10:30pm and the girls went straight to bed without a peep...they're very good at that sometimes. Mommy and Daddy were up until around 2am waiting for Santa's arrival. He brought lots of good presents and even assembled some things this year, which was a GREAT strategy. The biggest gift of the year was the Fur Reals Friends Pony, Butterscotch. It is approximately three feet in height and is one of the first iterations of the new animatronic pets that are on the market these days. It's a hit with all three girls, but scares some of the visitors who enter our house and don't expect the 'stuffed animal' to move. Yikes! The little girls each got a new baby doll with a stroller, which they have pushed around every day religiously.
We prepped a yummy egg, sausage and hashbrown casserole and feasted on that around 11am at the dining room table. It was a late relaxed breakfast that happened naturally and peacefully (quite rare for our breakfasts around here). Daddy and Mommy decided it would be fun to have mimosas after brunch, which seemed decadent, but were very enjoyable. The day went by quickly jumping from toy to toy to project to project, and ended with a Daddy, Mommy, Ramona Scrabble game. Ramona came in close third. We couldn't have asked for a better Christmas day. No driving, no rushing, no planning, no stress, just relaxing in our PJs very late and enjoying our family time. Days like this are ones we are sure to cherish for years to come. I hope everyone else enoyed their Christmas Day as well!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
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