December 25th: Christmas!

by Chrissie Wainright on December 28th, 2016
No CommentsComments

December 25th: Christmas

Christmas day was so wonderful!  Eric and I had wrapped all the kids presents in a giant snowman and I had a hard time going to sleep after we set it up, I was so excited to see the kid’s reactions.  And it was wonderful =)  DZ gave it a big hug and squealed =)  Serenity sang Boxy the Snowman several times.  And Maia pointed and said “Frosty the Snowman!”  She loves that book, I sang the song so many times to her this year, and it was so much fun to see the excitement!

Serenity woke up first, and she and I snuggled together on the couch as we waited for everyone else to wake up.  We took a bunch of silly selfies, and that’s one of my favorite memories of this Christmas.

After Maia woke up, it was time to start opening presents!  This was fast and fun.  Donovan opened up the new skylanders we got him, and his eyes got really big and he said “I FREAK out!” and then he proceeded to do so.  He got a hexbug habitat, that he had a blast building and rebuilding.  The bugs got loose at the end though so several batteries ran out and one but is MIA.  But it’s really entertaining to watch those bugs!  Serenity got him an Umbreon pillow pet, which he adores.

Serenity also got the most excited about her new mini Skylanders, but she also loved the new books.  She told me later, “Mama, you know me so well, you get me such great presents at Christmas.” So sweet =)  I’m not sure that she was actually that excited by her popsicle maker at first, but now she’s made two batches of popsicles and she LOVES it.  She made pineapple mango the first time, and then she made strawberry mango.  They were delicious, and she’s getting the hang of the blender and the Zoku.  I love that she has something she can do all by herself in the kitchen, and she’s getting creative with her ingredients.

Maia loves Christmas.  She’s been telling everyone Merry Christmas, and she asks me to read more Christmas books and sing more Christmas songs than everyone.  She’s at such a fun age!  Everything we got her this year lights up. An owl nightlight, Tinkerbell wings that light up, and a Sophia amulet.  It is SO cute to hear her say “amulet.” It sounds more like “amoolet”  So cute.  Donovan got her an adorable little Sofia the first doll.  When she saw it she said “I got Sophia!” She doesn’t really play with stuffed toys much, but she carried that little doll around in her hand, wearing her amulet and the felt Sophia crown I made her, and her purple princess dress up dress all day.  Love!

I got lots of wonderful books, which is perfect with my awesome new bookshelf!  Serenity looked through my books, and found an author I like, and went to the store to get me a book I was missing from the series.  Donovan bought me a new Christmas ornament.  It was of the three wise men, which was PERFECT for this year since we all had so much fun with the Star From Afar game.  I also got a Munchkin Avengers, which will be fun for all of us =)  Eric got me Agricola on the IPAD, which has kept us up till midnight every night since. =)

Eric was thrilled by the Pokemon card game DZ chose for him.  Donovan really was so thoughtful about the presents he got for others.  I got Eric tool sorting cases that he will use for his Star Wars game that he plays with Keith, and for Destiny, the new star wars dice game he just got.

We spent the rest of the day lazily playing with our new things and being together.  Perfect Christmas day.  It was 60 degrees outside so we even went on a walk around our greenbelt… still in our reindeer pajamas.  =)

img_3552_edited-copy img_3568_edited-copy img_3573 img_3569 img_3579_edited-copy img_3596 img_3594_edited img_3604_edited-copy img_3612_edited img_3621_edited-copy img_3665 img_3659_edited-copy img_3671_edited img_3681_edited img_3696_edited img_3705_edited img_0453 img_0462 img_0469 img_3714_edited-copy img_3715_edited img_3712


Categories: Uncategorized