Christmas morning rose early and the kids bound down the stairs to find exactly what they wanted from Santa. They had a lot of fun playing with their new toys while we make breakfast. After a quick bite we opened the rest of the presents and then of course played with them the rest of the day. We enjoyed Christmas dinner together with cookies for dessert.
Christmas Eve started out making Christmas cutout cookies and then heading to Christmas Town in Norfolk. After lunch we decorated the cookies and had an early dinner of Chinese before heading out to see Christmas lights. After getting Brooke and Alex into their elf pajamas they set out cookies, milk, and carrots for Santa and his reindeer.
Ammy and Papa were here visiting for a week over Christmas and we had a fun time doing lots of things with them. We made cookies, played outside, went to a Christmas VSO concert, went to the beach, went to the Chrysler, and the park. They were also here to celebrate Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Today Brooke got to wear her pajamas to school. I tied some cute bows into her hair because it was the FIRST TIME at 6.5 years old that she’s let me do that (with a great deal of encouragement) and honestly soon she’ll be too old for bows.
Today Brooke had a fun party at her school instead of doing centers. She had a lot of fun including making and eating Christmas cookies!
