What a wonderful Christmas season we had! We loved the lights (even Jake would "Ohh" and "Ahh" when we were out at night), the music, the treats, the gift buying, everything! And it all culminated in a great Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
On Christmas Eve we acted out the nativity with Ali as Mary, Eli as an angel, Jake as a shepard, and Logan as both a wise man and inn keeper. Daddy was Joseph but he didn't have his costume on an hour before the reenactment like these cute actors did, so missed out on the picture!
After a yummy dinner with Aunt Amy, Uncle Steve and Grandma, we said our final goodbye to Evie for the year with notes and many farewells:
And put out cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer:
Christmas Morning was so much fun, with kids happy with their loot. Ali's much anticipated hatchimal did not disappoint!
Logan loved his drone and hex bug robots.
Eli was pleased with the lego guys he asked Santa for and his abominable snowman toy.
Jake knew just what toy was for him and, even better, actually played with it!
Ali loved the face painting kit she got and so for a few days most of us had awesome creations to show off.
Eli got the coolest Star Wars Lego set from Grandma and he and I sat at the table for about four hours putting it together. He did most of it himself; I would just have a small correction or adjustment to point out every ten steps or so. I was impressed with how cheerfully and patiently he stuck with it till the end. I also spent about two hours with Ali sewing a little puppy from a kit that she got and Jason spent many hours with Logan figuring out his new drone (and getting it down from a neighbor's tree and another neighbor's back yard...) Much fun!
Logan and Eli loved the sweaters they got from Grandma Quillen and have pretty much been wearing them nonstop for two weeks. Like everyone from his generation, Logan loves selfies.
We love Christmas! Only 364 days till the next one!
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What joy!
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