Opening Santa gifts and stockings. Katie's most used phrase this year? "Stop taking my picture!"
Theo and I were quite proud of ourselves for only getting the girls two gifts each plus Santa brought them one this year. But the grandparents continue to make sure our children are completely spoiled.
Yummy food. We went for a rib roast instead of turkey.
Katie and I made a train of veggies.
Opening gifts. Everyone must choose a carol to sing before opening.
"I learned on the internet that you can tell if pants fit by wrapping them around your neck". By that measurement, I'm a size 2!
Theo's gift from the girls was well wrapped. This is the second layer.
Followed by saran wrap.
And more saran wrap.
And bubble wrap.
Lizzy's favorite gift this year was the fake popcorn packing material. Until the dog started eating it and we had to pry it out of her mouth and hunt down every piece. Turns out fake popcorn is actually made of cornstarch and apparently tastes super yummy.
The Haul:
The kids and I got a Cricut cutter, Theo got gift cards because he is hard to shop for and he got me gold earrings because my other ones broke. We also got:
A cute little rolley ball robot toy that picks up all the hair in the house.
A heated mattress pad for everyone's bed. The kids have spent every evening since in bed with it on, playing minecraft until they actually have to go to bed.
This year, we replaced our old snowman with a Santa and Rudolph blowup. I love Rudolph so I was so happy to find this. Now we need an abominable snowman!
I found a big snowflake on clearance and I think it's just the thing we needed above our door. I also added a Christmas tree with a few extra lights I got on clearance. I hope to enhance it next year.
We were really hoping to do lights on the roof this year, but decided to save the money and put it into the Santa blowup instead. We also got some projection lights which swirl on the side of the house. I think they are prettier than the lasar dot ones (which I want to add to the tree next year! Those look silly on a house, but beautiful on trees) but they aren't as pretty as the lights would have been. Next year...
My friend got me this beautiful Noel sign. Next year, I hope to hang it on some wood to put it on the wall but it looks gorgeous on the fireplace this year. We can't use the fireplace but that doesn't seem to be a problem with the weather this year.
I used my friend's advice to upgrade my banister garland. It looks much better but still not nearly as pretty as hers. She also suggested I tie it to the rail instead of swagging it and it makes a much bigger impact.
