Christmas Part 1

Christmas Eve I put the monitor in Emmie's room so I would hear her when she woke up and catch her before she went in the den. Fortunately she slept until 7:30 which was great! (Minus a 3am wake up where she talked for about a minute and then went right back to sleep...it was pretty funny.) I went and got Emmie and Ellie and convinced Paul to drag himself out of bed and then we all went and checked out what Santa brought. The girls weren't quite sure what to think of all the toys...I think they were in a little bit of shock!

The goodies Santa left!

(By the way Emmie was scared to go to sleep Christmas Eve because she was scared of Santa coming to her house...if you think about it, the whole Santa thing IS a little creepy...a large, strange man is going to come into your house while you're sleeping. I can see where Emmie was coming from!)

 So the girls checked out their Santa presents and we all opened our stockings. Franklin was the most excited about his stocking. I think he thought he'd been left out and you should have seen that little tail wagging when I pulled out his jam packed stocking! He also loved having his sisters help him with his stocking because they wanted to give him lots of treats!

The fairy wings were a definite hit at our house as were the wands.

This little fairy wants to be jeweled out just like her big sister.

Emmie helping Franklin open his stocking.

Making sure Paul got everything out of his stocking!

Hi Ho Cherry-O was a big hit with Emmie. We've had to play it many times and she picked up on how the game is played pretty quick. Funny though she didn't really get what it meant to "win". She's never been involved in anything where there was a "winner". I found it funny that I had to explain it to her but kind of sweet at the same time.

The baby pack n play was a HUGE hit and our babies have done a lot of sleeping lately! Emmie spent the entire Christmas lunch telling us to be quiet because the baby was sleeping. We've decided that Emmie is going to be quite the character when Mary Ruth starts coming over on Fridays with Clara...on the downside I later found Emmie putting the baby through the basketball goal...Clara, you might want to keep a close eye on Mary Ruth...lol!

For breakfast I fixed us some delicious (and easy!) Pillsbury cinnimon rolls. I wanted to have something easy for breakfast because I wanted to be able to take in every minute of the Christmas joy my little girls experienced!

After we finished breakfast my family showed up including the infamous Uncle Ben who flew on his plane(according to Emmie it's Ben's plane!) to come see us (Emmie was a little sad that he didn't bring his plane to our house...lol). The girls had a great time playing with everyone and showing off their playhouse that Gran and Grandaddy got for them for Christmas!

There's a giant in the house!

Emmie loves her new t-ball set from Santa.

We ate lunch (my mom brought lasagna and salad)and opened presents and we all got good stuff, of course!

My Christmas place setting. I love getting to use my china and crystal and silver!

The baby doll from Uncle Ben was a big hit!

Paul's blower..aka tshirt launcher...haha!

The girls got calendars and handprint ornaments for everyone. I was so excited about how they turned out!

The girls missed naps and Ellie was glazing over so we took her on a walk and she fell asleep sitting straight up in her stroller. Too funny!

We had a wonderful Christmas day with family...our little family and our extended family! I have found so much joy in Christmas the last few years. There is truely nothing that compares to seeing the world through a child's eyes and being able to share those moments with family!

Sleepy Ellie and Gran

Trying to get a picture of the crew.

The ladies...4 generations!