On Christmas Eve we have several traditions--going to church, reading the Christmas story from Luke chapter 2, wearing Christmas PJs from Nana & Papa, etc. And let's not forget...
...milk & cookies for Santa (Lamb is making chocolate milk because she's says that's his favorite.)...
...and writing him a letter to leave out with the cookies. (He always writes back, too.)
We woke up the next morning and found...
...an empty glass of milk (and only 1/2 a cookie left!)...
...and full stockings.
I love this hat! Thanks, Santa! ;-)
Lamb's #1 Christmas request: A dolphin pillow pet!
Monkey only asked for ONE THING for Christmas: A remote-contol Team Umizoomi car. But there was just one problem--that toy doesn't exist. Team Umizoomi is a new show on Nick Jr. that Monkey absolutely LOVES, but there are NO toys based off of the show yet--you can't even buy a DVD of the episodes or anything. So we got him a very cool remote-control car, and he was still VERY happy with it. :-)
After spending the morning at our house, we headed to my mother-in-law's for the afternoon for round 2! :-) A great time was had by all...
...ending with a sleepover in their brand-new sleeping bags!
On Sunday we headed to my parents' house for Round 3. By then...
...Roo was exhausted.
But Lamb absolutely loved her new Barbie castle. (Can I tell you how much I always wanted a Barbie castle when I was a little girl?!?)
And Monkey... WELL, let me make a little correction to an earlier statement. Monkey only asked SANTA for one thing (the Umizoomi car), but there was ONE other thing that he really wanted. And THIS was it. Stinky the Garbage Truck. He was ECSTATIC. Thanks, Nana & Papa!
We ended Christmas Day with a gathering with Mr. Fantastic's grandma and extended family. But our Christmas isn't done yet--oh no! We like to s-t-r-e-t-c-h out the fun as long as we can! :-) Last night we had dinner and exchanged presents with my father-in-law and his wife, and our final Christmas celebration will actually be on January 8, with my birth mom. Whew! It's a marathon in our zoo. But a very worthwhile one.
So from our family to yours...
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
1 comment:
I know I probably sound like a broken record every time you post a picture of Roo, but HE IS SO STINKING CUTE!!! Seriously, how do you get anything done?? I would just want to play with him all day long!
Your other children are dolls too, you guys sure make great kids:)
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