Another Christmas has come and gone at our house. We had our traditional Norwegian Christmas Eve dinner the night before. We invited over our friends the Coopers and one of the residents John-David works with. It was a lovely evening with good food and great company. Santa dropped a present for the kids at the door. This year Santa took a little different route and with with robes instead of pajamas. The kids loved them. Kelsey thinks they are pajamas.
Christmas was much anticipated at our house especially by these two. Jackson wrote a letter Santa and was lucky enough to get a letter back. He even reminded me to put cookies and carrots out for our visitors. They couldn't wait to break into the stockings.
Kelsey in her Christmas robe.
We tried to do homemade gifts for each this year. We discovered it was a little hard for some based on time and creativity levels. Jocelyn and sort of Kelsey made Jackson this stool for Jackson so he can reach his clothes in his closet.
Jackson made the girls and Bryce this picture. They may look like frogs
but it's actually a picture of them. He is a budding artist.
We also did some regifting. Kelsey gave her ball popper to Bryce.
Not only was it economical on her part but it prevented one less toy from
finding it's way to our home. He loved the gift.
Jackson wanted a DS but got a Leapster2 instead. He was pretty funny about it because when he opened it he said, "This is like a DS but it's better because you are learning the entire time". That's why we love this kid. I think that it helped that he got a Star Wars game to play too.
The girls each got a Barbie. Jocey got a kid doctor Barbie and Kelsey got Barbie the Vet. I think Santa is trying to steer the girls into certain career paths. What a thoughtful man.
The kids and I decided that we would surprise Dad with a Blu-ray player.
We had an old one since we got married and it had some special problems. One of my favorite ones was that you had to give it a firm but loving hit on top to get it to open. The kids were surprised to find out we didn't have to do it to the new open function.
Santa was good to us this year, as always. After presents we had the traditional Christmas Brunch of quiche, cinnamon rolls, orange juice and french chocolate. We had invited our home teacher and his wife over, but they got sick so they stayed home. In the afternoon we headed to Doylestown to hang out with John-David's sister Alycia and family. It was a wonderful day and we were fortunate to spend it with both family and friends.
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