Christmas Recap

For anyone not acquainted with my family, let me explain our typical Christmas craziness as briefly as possible: Christmas Eve morning we have a big breakfast with Scott's family, then open all the presents under their tree and exchange gifts with them. Christmas Eve night my family has lots of yummy food, sings just about every Christmas song we know, acts out the Nativity story and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, and each person gets to open one gift. Christmas morning Santa leaves presents under Scott's parent's tree (we always sleep there) and then we get ready as soon as we can to head back over to my parents' and now my brother's house (which used to be my sister's). There we have bagels for breakfast, open our stockings, open the presents under the tree, then head across the street to open the presents under Mom and Dad's tree and finally anyone who has a string present follows their string to an extra big, or extra special present. If that's not enough, we then head over the a get together with Scott's mom's family, have lunch and exchange presents with them. And at some point I return to my mom's house for clam chowder for dinner and mud pie for dessert.

Here are this year's highlights.


Silly actually happy to receive clothing as a gift! He loves hoodies



Cakes put her ski set to use right away, later posing her doll outside on the snow for some pictures.

Bubba was mostly interested in other people's presents

Luvin' on some Pillow Pets

 




Finally interested in his own present



Silly's "small" excavator

Bubbs driving his car

Trains from Mamie at Uncle Clark's house

Cakes sulking because she didn't get her American Girl doll flute...yet

Playing the role of a present delivering elf at Mamie's house

The whole group!

And finally...a flute! This was the one thing she kept saying she wanted and she had to wait until the very end to get it.

Bubbs running around; if you look closely you can see string on the ground



Helping Silly follow his string (the rule is you have to wind it up as you go - no getting ahead of the winder)



Cakes working on her string, which led to...

A new bike! She was definitely at knees-to-handlebar stage with her old one

 And even I got a string present! But, I'll have to save that for another post because no pictures were taken Christmas day. Plus, it deserves it's very own post.

Scott and I have an argument on Christmas Eve every year over who is supposed to be doing what. It usually starts with one of us asking a question and the other not giving the right answer. I told Scott I'm going to write out our Standard Operating Procedures for next year and if there are any departures I will write them down and sign them and neither one of us is allowed to ask the other any questions, because that's where things go wrong. Just follow the instructions; that goes for both of us.