My parents and sister joined us on Christmas Eve at our house. We had an early dinner that night and then opened gifts. Once again, the kids were spoiled! Henry sure loved his Lego movie from Grandma & Grandpa and a Captain America costume from Auntie Sonja (which he now wears on a regular basis) and Lydia doesn't want to let her new baby doll that giggles all the time out of her sight :) That night before bed, Henry picked out the cookies that he wanted to leave for Santa, along with a few pictures he made, one for the big man himself and one for his elves. Phil and I got to go to church all by ourselves at 10pm. It was crazy to actually get to listen to everything that was being said in church - ahhh, a nice break :)
Phil and I saved our big gift for the kids until Christmas morning. Henry has been wanting a car for the last 2 summers, since his buddies on the block all have them. A fitted sheet worked perfectly as one of those car covers :)
It was such a mild morning, he actually got to take it for a spin outside. A couple of the neighbors could hear him coming down the road, so they all came outside to see!
Why use the door when you can jump out of the top, right?! The car is now sitting in our basement until it warms up outside. I've already had to implement the rule that you must use the door!
After celebrating with Santa on Christmas morning, we headed over to Oma & Opa's to enjoy Christmas Day. Once again, the kids exchanged gifts with their cousins and aunt & uncle. Henry sure loves his Highlights magazine he gets every month from the Gillespies and Lydia has been playing with her new set of blocks everyday from the Richters. It started snowing mid-morning and didn't quit till we went home that night - we got our white Christmas after all :)
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