Merry Christmas! We are loving our time in CA with my family. We arrived Saturday. We went crazy and decided to have a party on Tuesday. We made two enormous lasagnas, garlic bread and salad and more desserts than you could shake a stick at (as my father would say). We had about 40 people come. EVERYONE we invited. It was so much fun. I was able to catch up with lots of old friends. We played "I never" and a TRUE White Elephant. The most fun was this game my mom got in a magazine. She wrapped a 10 dollar bill (the players didn't know what it was) in like 10 graduating boxes. Then everyone in the circle would roll the dice really quickly and pass it along. Anyone who rolled a 6 would get to try to unwrap it really quickly. The catch was that you had to wear oven mitts while you were the one unwrapping. It was a blast, people were dying laughing. And apparently we've been ordered to have this party every year now-so there you go.
We spent Christmas Eve in a pretty traditional way. The kids acted out the Nativity and they enjoyed that. Samantha and Livvy were shepherds and really got into their part. Tommy refused to be one of the sheep, but that was okay. My dad was the funniest Wiseman you've ever seen. Then we had our almost annual talent show. I helped the kids do a rousing song and dance to Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. Tom reprised the chorus of dead cockroaches. David and I performed the Beaver Dance. My dad played Jingle Bells on his comb wrapped in seran-wrap. It was awesome.
Today was Christmas, it was love and fun all around. Tom made a most wonderful dinner and we had a pretty spectacular morning. It is better to give than receive and all that, but I'll tell you the "Santa gifts." Samantha could open her own Disney store with her Princess paraphanalia and added to it with a Princess tent and Sleeping Bag. Tommy was the winner with the best reaction when he saw his track and moving cars (very awesome with hills, tunnels, gates, etc.) and he just flipped out. I can't describe it in words, but it was darling. Eliza got the most beauuuuutiful dress and a little swimming pool with swimshade for next summer. It was a great Christmas.
Merry Christmas! I hope you enjoy these fun pictures.
We spent Christmas Eve in a pretty traditional way. The kids acted out the Nativity and they enjoyed that. Samantha and Livvy were shepherds and really got into their part. Tommy refused to be one of the sheep, but that was okay. My dad was the funniest Wiseman you've ever seen. Then we had our almost annual talent show. I helped the kids do a rousing song and dance to Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. Tom reprised the chorus of dead cockroaches. David and I performed the Beaver Dance. My dad played Jingle Bells on his comb wrapped in seran-wrap. It was awesome.
Today was Christmas, it was love and fun all around. Tom made a most wonderful dinner and we had a pretty spectacular morning. It is better to give than receive and all that, but I'll tell you the "Santa gifts." Samantha could open her own Disney store with her Princess paraphanalia and added to it with a Princess tent and Sleeping Bag. Tommy was the winner with the best reaction when he saw his track and moving cars (very awesome with hills, tunnels, gates, etc.) and he just flipped out. I can't describe it in words, but it was darling. Eliza got the most beauuuuutiful dress and a little swimming pool with swimshade for next summer. It was a great Christmas.
Merry Christmas! I hope you enjoy these fun pictures.
4 comments:
It looks like your Christmas was a little more green then ours was, but I'm glad you had do much fun. I can't believe how much your kids are growing up.
Eliza is growing so fast! She's so cute! Hope you had a wonderful time in CA. So sorry I missed seeing you. :(
I'm glad you guys had such a great Christmas!! Wonderful photos!! That oven mit game sounds like a riot!
So fun! I'm totally going to try that $10 game.
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