Christmas Day we had a wonderful time at home and then with Brian's family. Christmas morning becomes more and more fun as the kids get older and are more excited! The kids were very grateful for their gifts both from us and Santa (Andrew even added in his prayer, "Jesus, tell Santa thanks for my presents).
Andrew and Kelli love playing Life on the comptuer at Grandma and Papa Mauch's and were very excited to get the "real" version for at home!
A new kitchen for Kelli (and Emily)
Training utensils for Emily
A 4 car electric race track for Andrew...just like his daddy used to have!
Stroller and Pack and Play for Kelli's kids
And a specific request from Kelli to Santa...A baby for my sister so she stops taking mine!
A pink glove and baseball from daddy
A blanket for Emily made with love by Uncle Rod!
Easy Bake Oven!!
A personalized 64 piece art set!
The day after Christmas we went to Freeport to spend the day with my family. After a photoshoot with one of the cutest babies on the planet, we had a wonderful time together celebrating! Papa Cronk asked Andrew if he would read a portion of the Christmas story. He was very excited and did a great job! Brian surprised me with a 10 piece set of Calphalon stainless steel cookware!! We stayed until midnight playing games and hanging out and then had a lovely 2+ hour drive home in dense fog! Got in bed after 230! Brian set the clock back in the kids room and told them not to get up until 8am, so we got to sleep in until 9! I guess I didn't take a whole lot of pics that day...here are a few from the trip up there...excited to see their cousins!!
So day 6 we did nothing! We just relaxed, played with our new toys, and recupperated from the previous days.
Day 7, again we just hung around the house, getting things picked up a little and resting some more. Sunday night we took the kids to Brian's sister's house to spend the night with their cousins and Brian and I went out to dinner and did a little Christmas money spending.
Day 8, I had the whole day to myself and boy was it nice! I slept in a little, got some work done, and then went to Bed Bath and Beyond all by myself! That store is WONDERFUL when you don't have kids with you! I got 2 new knives, a pastry brush, tongs, corn holders and a utensil organizer! Whoo Hoo!!
Day 9, was again pretty uneventful with the exception of a hair cut...
Today is Day 10 and we yet again are doing nothing structured. But that is what break is about, right? I did get a Bissell Steam Mop with my Christmas money and I do plan on trying that out on my floors today....keeping my fingers crossed that it works because NOTHING else does! Otherwise we are gonna just snuggle and be together! Emily loves to have books read to her, today she was reading it to me...thought it was cute!
Happy New Year!!!
3 comments:
i loved life as a kid....dread it as a momma!! jack got that last year - it never ends!!!!!!
We just finished playing it for the second time today! Tonight's dragged on and on! But there really are some good teachable moments while playing!
Wonderful pictures and video clips - Dad and I watched them together - oh my Emily's story telling was fantastic - she certainly knows what she is saying!
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