What a lovely Christmas we have had this year. We decided to spend Christmas here in Kansas with just the kids. All alone with all of our family celebrating back in Texas. It was the beginning of our new traditions for our new family. A beginning of many lovely Christmas's to come.
We started the Christmas tradition of reading Twas the Night Before Christmas. Luckily I was able to find a duplicate copy of the book illustrated by Grandma Moses on Ebay last year. My father would read the same book to us every year. Once we were older, we took turns reading the pages and looking at the art illustrations. We also opened the traditional gift of Christmas PJs. And since the girls are gaa gaa over Shrek we also let them open a new Shrek DVD. Aren't ogre's supposed to be scary? Not to my two little girls. They love ogres! After bath time we got dressed in our new pj's, read The Night Before Christmas, and watched a few minutes of their new DVD before bedtime.
Christmas morning ushered in about 7 inches of snow. Lovely. It was picture perfect. I love the peacefulness of a fresh layer of snow. Magical! The girls woke up at their normal time - 7am. We brought them downstairs to see what Santa had left. As soon as they rounded the corner their faces lit up! To see the excitement was priceless. We spent the morning opening our gifts and removing all of those crazy toy safety tags. It was difficult to get the girls to open all the gifts because once they opened one, they immediately wanted to play with it, forgetting the 20 other wrapped gifts under the tree. That afternoon, we feasted on the traditional Christmas dinner : turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole, and fresh bread. This year was peaceful and lovely.
The snow continued for a few more days dumping over a foot of the white stuff. What a wonderful holiday to be snowed in.
We were under a Blizzard Warning Christmas Eve. Here is Katelyn watching the snow!
Katelyn sporting her new high heal shoes on the scooter.
Santa, what were you thinking when you brought the Shaw girls a 58 piece tea set? I will be tripping over cups and spoons for months now.
The girls were running around with a plastic candy cane filled with hershey kiss's. I didn't think they would figure out how to open it. Silly mommy. In the midst of washing dishes, I realized that the kids were VERY quiet. Never a good sign. This is what I saw when I found them. Jill, did you eat any chocolate?
Kate napping with her new Ariel barbie!
Jillian has been inseparable with her Dora Talking Backpack. Here she is napping with the map, compass, and video camera.
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We had our first true "family" Christmas this year. We didn't have to drive anywhere. It was just the four of us. Being snowed in made it perfect! We read "'Twas the Night ...", too. Glad you enjoyed your Christmas!
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