Christmas this year was a lot of fun. Both of the kids are at an age where they can really get in to it and boy did they!
It was the Christmas that just kept going and going! We started with PJs on Christmas Eve.
Lucy got new slippers and passed her old ones on to Sammy. Then she got cute reindeer jammies and Sammy got dinosaur jammies. He growled all night long! :) Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures of them that night, and with church early the next morning, I don't have any pics of them. :(
In fact, I don't really take a lot of good pictures on Christmas ever. I'm too caught up it what's going on. We have always recorded a lot of it on video though, so that's nice.
Anyway. The next morning we opened stockings, ate breakfast, and went to church. I love it when Christmas or Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday. It's nice to reflect on Christ and I love all the Christmas music - not to mention that an hour of church instead of three is a nice treat!
After church we opened presents. The kids got all kinds of things - dress ups, little people toys, bath toys, and a Jessie doll (from Toy Story) for Lucy.
A hammer, tool set, ball thingy, little people toys, and Woody doll (Toy Story) for Sammy.
A Spencer was super excited about this gift - a Jacob (from Twilight) pillowcase! I had won it at the movie last month with my friends and thought it'd be funny to give it to him for Christmas. We gave each other nice gifts too, no worries. :)
Then Nana Manwill came over and spoiled the kids too with lots more gifts, including the car ramp toy in the background of this picture. Sammy was so funny opening this gift. It was like he knew it was for him before it was even handed to him. He started unwrapping it before anyone else was in the room and then he was so excited, he was bouncing up and down while Spencer put it together as fast as he could.
That evening, the Van Hoose side of the family came over for dinner. More presents for the kids came as well. This is one of the only pictures we took - Sammy and three of his boy cousins ate at the little kids' table. They were super cute. It was a really fun Christmas.
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