My girls talked everyday for 6 weeks straight about Christmas, asking me when it would be here, how many sleeps were left, etc. It seemed to take forever to them. Gordon just knew there was this tree in our front room with "prettys" on it and fun ornaments to take off. Between the 3 kids, they managed to break 5 family ornaments this year. Thank goodness for super-glue.
We opted to stay at home for Christmas again this year, due to time constraints. Traveling certainly would have been crazy with the very wintry weather the West has been experiencing this year. But next year, we are pretty determined to leave town for the holidays.
Uncle Dan came to stay with us for Christmas Eve, and it was nice to have some family staying, it made it feel more Christmas-y somehow. We had a tri-tip steak dinner, and then the kids dressed up in their favorite Nativity costumes, courtesy of Grandma Chickens.
Gordon the wise man. He likes the hat.
Jilly as Mary. She's always Mary.
Evelyn as another wise man, or Joseph. I can't remember which costume this is. The important thing to note is that she's only wearing one costume instead of 3. This girl is all about the layers. Lots of layers.
Then we watched the Luke 2 video and opened new pajamas from Grandma and Grandpa Cows.
Then it was off to bed. We all slept in until about 8 am. I'm so grateful for kids who aren't up at 4 am to see Christmas!
Gordon the monkey. Trying to crack his orange open. He has a new found love for citrus.
Jilly with her prized duckies. It's the one thing she really wanted for Christmas. She also got a ducky apron. The doll house in the background has people that came with it, so Evelyn plays with those, and Jilly puts her ducks in the house.
Gordon trying out his T-ball set.
The girls got a gingerbread man kit, the edible kind. Ev has made good use of the drawing stuff she and Jill received for Christmas. She likes writing letters and making lists.
Ben enjoyed lots of cycling over the Christmas break, when it wasn't raining. Now that we're all back to the normal routine of school, we miss being together and the lazy mornings we were enjoying.
P.S. there's another post below!
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The sun lasted for about 4 days. And then it started raining last night. boo.
Cute pic's. I like your hair in that pic with Jilly! I'm glad she liked her duckies. That is hilarious! And Clayton loves loves oranges, as well. he will eat through the peel if I don't peel it for him.
Ben on the bike does not look like Ben... as weird as it sounds.
So, I've been out of the blogging world for a long time, your kids are so big! They're adorable! Isaac had the same jammies and Gordon for Christmas : ) I think last time I saw a picture of him he was a tiny baby, time goes so fast! Hope all is going well for you guys!
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