Sunday, June 17, 2012

3 days of Christmas 2011

My kids are SO spoiled...every year they get THREE full days of Christmas! DAY ONE: Christmas Eve. My side of the family came over and spent the day with us, here are the cousins (minus Darin) waiting to start opening presents.
The BABY ALIVE SAGA: she was so excited to get this doll...she gave the baby a bottle, fed her some food, and then checked her diaper...YUP it was dirty!  So, she decided to smell it (it has no odor), but it made her gag anyway!  We all could not stop laughing about this doll, but Dawson thought it was extrememly hilarious!
I was trying to take a picture of the boys on the couch, but she kept jumping in front of my camera!
Can you feel the music?  Of course, they all dressed up & Andi did a special Christmas performance.
The boys always love to dress up as super heros & fight
 Mamaw & Mark
 Papaw & Ann
 Us girls making cookies for Santa
 Opening a present early on Christmas Eve from under the tree
 reading books with Hettie the night before Christmas
putting out their milk & cookies
 The loot from Santa
 DAY TWO: Christmas Day.  The kiddos LOVED the Rudolph noses that were in their stockings, and they loved wearing their Elf jammies...my kiddos just love dressing up. We hung out at our house all day Christmas and we had Hettie and Brett with us.
Uncle Brett stayed over really late on Christmas Eve (we put him to work putting stuff together :-), so he just crashed in the manroom...the animals enjoyed it!
 Since Dawson can read now, I sent the kiddos on their first scavenger hunt!  They loved it, so fun. At the end of their scavenger hunt, they found their new cameras in the microwave.  (Ignore my messy freezer!)
Here is a crazy video of Derek chasing them around the house during the hunt!
 Taking Dad's picture...the cameras were hilarious!  They have taken some really funny pictures & videos that I need to download off their cameras. (That could be a blog post all in itself!)
 Goofing off with Uncle Brett
 Chef Andi with her new kitchen.  DAY THREE: That night we spent the night at Granna & Gramps house so we could have a Christmas morning all over again at their house!
Sweet kiddos in their Christmas jammies!  I love Christmas jammies, and I am usually guilty of buying 2 or 3 different ones each year! 
 Dawson got a new tennis racquet!
 Dawson & Hettie
Granna opening her Ipad!
 A little family Twister time...gift from Hettie
And, playing outside with their new scooters.  What a super GREAT Christmas!

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