home Christmas

 

 It is so fun to spend the holidays with family but coming home and having Christmas always feels so special! Watching the curiosity and wonder in their eyes is really priceless. It is a a very relaxed, enjoyable day of just the six of us. The presents and bows for 6 people really makes a very pretty display!

big presents are the most fun, listening to the kids guess was quite entertaining....

The four kids did a great job of taking turns, switching who goes first and waiting when others need to take a potty break or get a drink. They were equally curious as to what their siblings were opening.

 PJ received many updated boy toys. He was more than thrilled with his gifts from transformers to dragons. Please note PJ had completely unwrapped a present while maintaining a tied bow! silly kid

Maggie was very happy to get the biggest present wrapped with Tinkerbell and a silly bow. She was quite surprised by the contents of many of her gifts. The favorite was probably the very large box of glitter glue, sequins, and glitter.(what a mess, what were we thinking!)

 Brie got the only request she kept repeating, a Frozen Ice Castle.( I feel like I got the last one in the city!) score mom! She insisted Makayla cover her eyes once so her present was a surprise! the Frozen pajamas were also very well liked! she wore them for 2 days straight.

 Makayla is a little more challenging to shop for lately, but in the end I think she was happy with her gifts. The stinker really wanted the Pegasus book series and I kept saying probably not, so we wrapped up all four books(with the 4th on the bottom, she open the first and went straight to the bottom of the box!) she is too smart. She also enjoyed being surprised with new nail art supplies.

 BIG PRESENT TIME........

They were many guesses as to what the big present was, Makayla came up with pool but the others were not sure...of course, Makayla was correct and everyone was thrilled!The last group gift...they all opened.... and then had to open some more because that is the fun part right?.....

They each got tackle, I got bobbers, and Pete got an ornament labeled Fishing 2015....then it started to click with Maggie and Kayla and PJ ( Brie was left confused) and then they could not open fast enough to see what awaited them in the large box flat box!!!

Makayla carefully read the certificate inside and Maggie made sure she did not skip any key words.....we have a 4 day stay at a somewhat local cabin for this summer!! it is not Alabama but it promises lots of fishing and other fun! it will be a nice little get away that we can look forward to. The last picture explains their excitement for not only the cabin adventure but their 2014 Christmas in general! the kids have had a great holiday, thanks to many, many people! A huge THANK YOU to all who made our Christmas special, we love each of you!!