We're watching the Rocking new years eve and playing games. Food, family, and fun!
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Piano recital
Bedums had her 2nd recital just before Christmas. It was all duets and trios and they all did great!
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
25 Days of Christmas--Day 25--MERRY CHRISTMAS
If the air quality is good, Jon will build a fire in the fireplace before we all come in and open gifts. We make the kids line up in the hallway, youngest first and oldest last. If the air is bad, Santa will usually put the gifts downstairs and we flip the switch to turn on the gas fireplace. :) We open gifts from Santa. The kids usually just snack a little bit while brunch is cooking. We used to always do a breakfast casserole, but last year, we branched out and did overnight French toast, which was really good! Then we open gifts from each other and from grandparents. We spend the day relaxing and enjoying life and then have a nice, early, turkey dinner. It's such a fun day, but the excitement is over so fast. It's hard to believe that another Christmas is already here.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
25 Days of Christmas--Day 24--Christmas Eve
I think Christmas Eve is my most favorite day of the year--even more so than Christmas Day. I love anticipating and getting caught up in the excitement.
I've mentioned some of this before, but I guess I'll repeat it again.
We usually wake up fairly early on Christmas Eve. 1. Because the kids are excited. 2. Because we have a drive to make to get to the Christmas Eve party at my grandma's house. The kids are usually silly and excited. Which is worse? Silly, craziness or fighting? Sometimes I can't decide...
We keep an eye on Santa's location all day through the website Norad. The little video clips are fun to watch too.
The party is fun. We used to do a $5 white elephant-type gift exchange, but now Santa usually visits with a small gift for the kids. We have yummy food and lots of visiting. A few years ago--we can't remember exactly how many now (we were debating this the other day--5 years, maybe?)--we had cold cuts and cheeses and rolls, along with other things. We had fun and went home. The next day, Christmas, it snowed a ton here!! And by 10 pm, 33 out of 37 people who were at the party were sicker than they'd ever been in their lives!! We thought for sure it was food poisoning, but we couldn't figure out what it would be. "It was the turkey!" "But I ate turkey and I didn't get sick." "Roast beef for sure!" "But I didn't have any of that and I'm so sick I'm going to die." etc etc etc. We never did figure that out. We did pizza for a few years after that. It was awful (Teen 1 and I escaped being sick) but now it's a memory to laugh at.
After the party, we head home and we usually watch A Christmas Story. We open a gift from mom and dad (pj's or socks or a pillow or a book). Then we read Luke 2 and talk about the real meaning of Christmas. Sometimes, we'll act the story out or sing songs about it. We hang stockings, leave out milk and cookies, and jump in bed, cover up our heads, 'cuz Santa Claus comes tonight!!
Merry Christmas!!
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