Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house...
Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse. What a wonderfully lazy day we had watching movies.
The massive amount of cards with family pictures were hung on each side of our archway with care. I do love our Christmas cards every year. Displaying them is the best part.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds. Can you believe they slept in until 7:30 that morning? It was a Christmas miracle!
With visions of "It's a Wonderful Life" danced on our TV and "sugarplums" clinked in our drink glasses. I sobbed. Again. Andrew hadn't ever seen the beginning where he saved his brother and kept the druggist from poisoning that kid. Nor had he seen the stars/constellations/angels talking in the beginning either. It cracked him up a bit.
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter.... Just kidding. Tommy got up and snuck into our room and whispered quietly, "Have I slept long enough for Santa to come?" I told him he did great. We got Charlotte up and the kids came downstairs to see their loot. They were so calm. They are still learning about this whole Santa thing. Tommy is still in disbelief I think.
Charlotte settled her brains for a long Christmas morning nap. She LOVED her Mimi presents.
When what do their wondering eyes should appear?? Not only presents but full stockings too! Look what we got, Mama!
I just realized that Charlotte grabbed a pair of my underwear from the laundry and put them on and she's still wearing them in this picture. I sent this picture to my mom. Note: Always check your pictures before you send them. Yikes.
The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow... would not bother either one of us in our new coats!! We'll be so warm... and we'll be matching!!! :)
Don't shake when you laugh, like a bowl full of jelly. You might knock a piece off the Hamsterolle game. That game was a very cool round Jenga competition. My side of the family came over that afternoon for food, presents, and fun.
Her eyes, how they twinkled! Her storm trooper mask, how merry! Charlotte loves this trooper mask that got that day. She can play along with Darth Tommy now! :)
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow and his beard on his chin was as blonde as the snow. Ha! Uncle Adam got snowboard and wakeboard gear, but of course. The beard is actually a ski mask from me and the towel/Gandolf-looking drapery, is a wakeboard towel.
A wink of their eyes and a twist of their heads, we knew that we had EVERYTHING to dread. Andrew and Isabel had an on-going OMG EWW THAT'S TOTES GRODY conversation. It was like modern day valley girl and it hurt our ears so much. But it was also hilarious. Andrew was on point on Christmas day. Who am I kidding? He's always on point comically.
He spoke not a word but went straight to his work. He jammed all the jams and turned with a jerk.... when he noticed Andrew had been... I don't even know how to describe it... It's not imitation. But it is funny. What a nut. Here's a video for your viewing enjoyment.
After midnight when everyone was finally heading home, we heard them exclaim ere they drove out of sight, "Happy Christmas to all, Thank the Lord for teenagers who can drive us home!"
Adam and Emily spent the night though. They didn't need teenagers. This is the last picture I took that night. Adam is wearing his BeardSki and Andrew is wearing the Bane ski mask. GOOD TIMES! What a great Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I agree with Tommy's comment, "Can it be Christmas everyday?"
We made cookies for Santa! Giant ones! Allergy-free ones!
They were actually pretty delicious for not having eggs or milk in them. At least we thought that until he starting puking in the middle of the night. But we think that was the stomach flu.
Tommy was totally stoked about his reindeer food and Christmas cookies. We also left some almond milk too. Gotta have something to wash them down!
That night, I wanted to get some pictures of the kids in their Christmas Jammies.
So when I asked them, what do they do? They start wrestling. Sounds about right.
But then things took a turn for the cute!
Let's play hide and seek. They were playing with Dada, by the way. This wasn't a one-sided game. :-) I was messing with different settings on my camera, if you can't tell. :) Smurf Christmas!
Then it was time to open a gift!
Don't make us stop for pictures, MOM!
That's it, I'm outta here!
Then it was time for family pictures. I set up the timer and it started snapping away.
Here is an outtake of what that's like.
Then we finally got a good one!
Yay! Merry Christmas (Eve) to all and to all a good night!
