It is officially the Christmas Season! We celebrate Christmas with Kyle's family the Sunday before Christmas as a new tradition because Christmas Eve and Day are so busy, that it is just easier to celebrate before hand. It has really worked out well so far because then we can have Christmas Eve dinner at home and invite Grandma over and the kids can go to bed at a decent hour. We are also going to reinstate a tradition that the Hunter family used to do and go kazooing. They couldn't always remember the words to songs, so they would kazoo the songs at people's houses, so we are going to try it this year. (Those pictures will come later!)
We are fortunate that Aunt Erin is married to someone who has a father who LOVES to play Santa. This is the second year Santa has come to our family party. At first Gordon wouldn't go to Santa, but then when he heard that he could have a candy cane, he was all for it. Unfortunately, my camera wouldn't turn on in time, so I'll post the picture when my sister-in-law has a chance to email it.
We were just in the middle of getting ready to open gifts from Grandma when Santa showed up, so the kids didn't know what to do. They wanted to see Santa, but they didn't want to leave their gifts. We had to tell them they could put their gifts down to go see Santa!
This is the gift that I got from Marla for Christmas. I have the BEST mother-in-law. She has known for a while that I would love to have a fainting couch and she found one at an estate sale. Apparently it was pretty yucky, but after cleaning and painting, it is beautiful and I can't wait to put it in my house!!!
2 comments:
I love the idea of going kazooing instead of caroling. So fun!
Cool couch! That is so nice to have a Santa just for your party. KaeLynn still wants nothing to do with him!
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