Christmas 2010

Christmas is so much more fun when seen through the eyes of kids. I loved watching Lucy's excitement this year as the days led up to Christmas. My mom stayed over on Christmas Eve and we went out to see some lights. Lucy hadn't taken a nap that day and she totally crashed but we enjoyed ourselves. The next day we had Rhodes sweet rolls for breakfast and enjoyed a relaxing morning. Lucy had so much fun opening presents and wanted to "help" everyone else open theirs as well.

Santa brought her a play tunnel and tent.

We also got her some books and a Winnie the Pooh doll (which she found like 2 months before Christmas, little stinker).

The items she mentions to everyone though? The little Minnie and Mickey mouse figurines - from Dollar Tree, go figure!


Sammy got a little basketball hoop and a couple of toys. That afternoon we visited the Van Hooses for a bit before heading over to my dad's for dinner.

Once there, the kids got spoiled all over again :)

Lately Lucy and I have been spending a lot of time doing "art projects." Here she is making a candy cane. We've made ornaments with handprints on them, snowflake and snowman projects, little birds and a nativity out of TP tubes, and just recently, a wall mural of Lucy and Daddy. I'll have to do a post on them all soon!

We finally took down the tree just the other day (Jan.12). Christmas was so much fun and I know it will just get better as the kids grow a bit bigger. Sammy didn't quite know what to make of it this year but I'm sure his big sister will teach him all about it next year.