Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Chixos, Pixos and Bendaroos

Christmas day was quite enjoyable this year. Santa delivered only one video game. The rest of the presents were designed to keep the kids busy without having to fight over the Xbox or the Wii. The girls were each given a craft bin full of all things crafty. Hannah’s list was not long this year, but she did ask for Chixos, Pixos and Bendaroos. So that is what she got. These items were great and kept her busy most of the day, but, one should not count on them to last longer than one day only. She has not even looked at them since Christmas day. Yesterday when she was telling me that she had nothing to do, I said go play with your Chixos, Pixos and Bendaroos (because you can’t name one without naming them all) – and she said, “They’re not fun anymore.”

My mom gave all of the big kids Lego sets. We love Legos at our house, but I would like to be the mom that keeps them all organized. I think it would also be a good idea to laminate the directions so that my kids will be able to build their things over and over again. Since I am not that kind of mom, though, these things will never happen. So now we just have to hear cries of “Where is that one piece?”, or “I can’t build anything I don’t have the pictures”. No Imagination in this house! However, they kept the kids happy for the whole day.

Jack was quite content to sit in Steve’s lap for a couple of hours and play with the first toy that he opened. This is a good thing, because someone forgot about Jack this Christmas and Steve had to make a last minute run to get something for him to open.  Henry on the other hand, was anxious to open any gift that he could get his hands on. He was amazed that there were so many toys just for him.

I find it hard to take pictures on Christmas morning, so I don’t have any good ones. I did get some of the graham cracker houses that we made on Christmas Eve – this is one of our yearly traditions and I think that the houses look the same each year – it’s more about eating the candy than it is about making a nice house.

 

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We got hit with a nice bit of snow a couple of weeks before Christmas and so the kids went out and made a snowman.

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Hannah’s 2nd grade program was also in December
The theme was A Cowboy Christmas.

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Henry got a new shirt and tie – now he’s like the big boys.

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The girls got new dresses too, but  Jonathon and
Thomas didn’t get any new clothes at all this Christmas.

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Hannah biffed it while she was sledding and scraped up her
upper lip and so all of her holiday pictures are blemished.

I have enjoyed this Christmas break – the kids have gotten along pretty well and I like having the older kids home to entertain Henry and Jack. We even took a trip to the pool today and Jonathon and Thomas were brave enough to jump off the high dive. I even decided to try it too – I have to admit that it was just a little bit scary for me.

Friday, December 25, 2009

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

WOW! Time just flew by.

My plans were to decorate my blog for Christmas and then post something so that my time spent decorating would not have been in vain. However, that is not what happened. I have been non-stop busy since Thanksgiving and never found the time to post anything. So . . .

 

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We hope you all had a Wonderful Christmas – We have had such a nice day. I would have to say this has been one of the best Christmases yet. I plan on posting more pics and such later. Hopefully!