Tuesday, December 25, 2012

The blue Slanket vs the pink Snuggie! Merry Christmas!

Random thought...

This is the first time in 8 years that our family didn't have to deal with major travel and jetlag to visit us for Christmas!   Christine and Jeff drove 6 hours... Granny and Clyde flew from Florida in just under 3 hours!  But somehow we were all still pretty exhausted tonight : )

Christmas Eve pictures...

Connor reading "Twas the Night Before Christmas" while everyone was joining in and reciting it by memory...well, sort of!

Amelia had a rough day and started out being sick and unhappy...here she is happy but overtired and definitely would not agree to sit down nicely for a picture with Connor! But that's ok...hoping she's better by Christmas morning!





Connor wanted to give her the present he bought her at school...they had a Santa's Workshop so the kids could shop for their family...really cute idea!

And she loved the little car he got for her!

Minnie Mouse headband from Granny and Clyde!

And a Minnie Mouse dress!

Even though we are in Rhode Island, we might be having a Disney Christmas!  Amelia loved her new hat and gloves that Granny found for her at Disney!

Glow stick battle between brother and sister

And here is her face when she realizes that I am taking her upstairs for bedtime :(

Connor wanted to give out the rest of the presents that he bought for the family...Bean got a little jewelry case and Jeff got a really cool lightening bolt key chain!

Connor couldn't "remember" what he bought everyone...I think he was pleased with this purchase!  The kids are on a budget when they go to the Santa's workshop at school...and the workers help the students choose gifts to fit their budget...but this one was really nice!

Granny and Clyde with their light up house from Connor

Reindeer food!

Granny and Connor sprinkling some reindeer food on the grass

Time to say good night!  Merry Christmas!

Video: part of Connor's phone call from Santa on Christmas Eve!

Reindeer cupcakes for Santa...to offer variety since he probably gets lots of cookies! We ate some for dessert and left 2 for Santa along with some carrots for the reindeer!

Amelia got a video from Santa...but Connor got a phone call from Santa! The phone call was unexpected so I only caught part of it on video but it was awesome!

Video: watching video from Santa!

Sunday, December 23, 2012