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| Cutest little present ever! |
We had a great Christmas! Christmas Eve is always spent with Brian's family. Aunt Carla and Sarah usually takes turns hosting it at their house, so this year we headed to Carla's house in Katy. We did miss Ryan this year. He was the only family member not present because he recently moved. Hopefully next Christmas he'll be able to fly in from Georgia, We ate dinner, opened presents, and had desserts. This was Jack's first Christmas. Mimi and Poppy gave him a huge snuggly bear. His face was so cute when he saw it! It stays in his crib with him so he snuggles with it when he sleeps.
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| Christmas Eve at Aunt Carla's house |
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| Jack loving his giant cuddly friend |
what Mike and Christy got me. LOVE it!
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| Jack is the only one in a festive ugly Christmas sweater! |
Arden also received a stuffed dog named Belle on Christmas Eve. This dog is unique in that it "speaks" along with a storybook. Arden LOVES this toy. The dog says thankyou, I love you, among other sayings.... in a doggy kind of way. Belle has found her spot among the other favorites.
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| Arden headed to bed on Christmas Eve with her usual friends: Sweet Blankie, Pinkie, Sweet Minnie, and Hazel the Reindeer. Belle, the dog, has joined the elite (the upside down white faced one.) |
Before bed the girls set out milk and fruitcake (we didn't have any cookies) for Santa. Halle also put her own naughty/nice list on the fireplace in case Santa forgot his. Thanks to Alicia's cookie exchange party, we also had reindeer food for Santa's reindeer: oats, raisins, and magic rocks (rock salt) for extra flying power! Such a great idea! We were suppose to sprinkle it outside for the reindeer, but I forgot. The bags were gone the next morning so I'm sure Santa passed it along to them ;)
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| filling all of the stockings. I may or may not have eaten the fruitcake... |
On Christmas morning Brian and I got up early to make coffee and breakfast. Adam, Sarah, Mike, and Christy joined us for reindeer pancakes and more gift opening!
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| Christy aka Gigi and Halle |
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you would think a three year old would be excited on Christmas morning.
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| but no, grouchy pants rolled over and stuffed her face in the pillow |
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| Brian was a very good boy this year. He got a very fancy mountain bike from Santa! |
The girls got skates for Christmas and spent the rest of the morning at the roller rink.. er back patio
That evening we headed to Pauline's house for Christmas with my family. Not before we got a flat tire though. Luckily we weren't far from home, so we unloaded all of the presents and kids and food and reloaded them into Brian's truck.
We always buy presents for the little kids traditionally, and the older family plays White Elephant. We also played Pictionary. My family is very loud, especially when we're playing a game. It's likely that your ears will be ringing when you leave.
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"Man!, No Running! Hand! Girl!"
Hope in the background is very excited about whatever this drawing is. The boys aren't allowed to see our drawing and vice versa, because of cheating in the past. So there are two dry erase boards standing back to back on a table and held together by duct tape. That's how we roll! |
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| I look like I have no clue what the person is drawing |
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| Three of my nieces |
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| Jack is being very fussy so Linda is trying to keep him occupied |
The boys beat the girls at Pictionary two years in a row. Not. Cool. I'm pretty sure they cheated.
Brian got a bottle of Tequila as his white elephant gift and I got AMC movie tickets/refreshments.
Later in the week we went to visit my dad and granny in New Waverly.
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| Granny and Jack |
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| Paw Paw and Jack |
My kids always love going there because they get to run around outside, swing, and collect rocks.
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| swinging on the same swings I had as a little girl |
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on the steps of my granny's old beauty shop
on her property. so many memories here.... |
Oh I almost forgot to mention MY Christmas gift. I finally got a DSLR camera. I'm so excited and have been having so much playing with it. I also got a special lens and Photoshop. Yay!!!
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Arden has a reindeer named Hazel? :) I love that your family has rules because of "cheating in the past". That's hardcore Pictionary!
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