Our Christmas Eve view after the kids were tucked in and we went to bed. I read them "T'was the Night Before Christmas" as we do every year. Christmas pajamas were given by Christopher the Elf at the beginning of the month this year so that the kids could enjoy them during the holiday season. So, there were no Christmas Eve gifts opened this time which the kids didn't even mention so no big deal.
Christmas morning. Waiting patiently for daddy to come downstairs. Unknowing to us, Lex set his alarm for 5:30am! We didn't get to bed until almost 1am. So, he was sent back to bed until Isabel woke up on her own which was 7:30. We couldn't ask them to wait any longer... and I was a bit excited myself!
Isabel's more than ready to see what Santa brought her & Lex this year.
Lex asked Santa for the Lego "Mines of Moria" set.
This was the only picture I took of Shane where he's not crossing his eyes... sigh. Isabel asked Santa for American Doll Bitty Twins. Meet Becky and Ben.
Shane had this beautiful Nordstrom box wrapped just for me. Inside was something on my wish list. A black quilted North Face down coat. I love it!
Part of the kids' Christmas was spent in Disneyland earlier this month. I didn't want the kids to forget that their mom & dad did this trip as part of their gifts, so I had collages made for each of them of special moments from the trip so they could remember all the fun we had. They have both very much appreciated the frames. Isabel even told me a few days later that looking at the picture made her cry because she had so much fun. Aw!
I spotted this tree in our neighborhood and just loved the way the snow & lights looked that night. This picture doesn't do it justice, but you get a pretty good idea.
