This was our first Christmas being totally away from family. It was different but we still had a great time. I love Christmas with my kids. It's magical and fun. We had a great December preparing for Christmas. We loved making gingerbread houses, stringing popcorn, watching Christmas movies, playing with the nativity set, making cookies for Santa, reading LOTS of Christmas stories, and just being together.
Christmas morning before Maia woke up.
Christmas morning when Maia woke up. ;)
This is how we hang stockings without a fireplace or mantle.
Maia insisted that we make peanut butter cookies for Santa because "Santa LOVES peanut butter cookies" according to Maia.
Notice we finally have a star. A couple days before Christmas I told Maia that Santa was coming really soon. She got a little upset and said, "But we don't even have a star on our tree yet!" We went out and got a star that night so Christmas could come.
Heidi playing with the nativity set
Decorating sugar cookies!
Heidi's cute holiday dress from Grandma Lin
Decorating the tree.
Building gingerbread houses.
Maia's and my gingerbread house (above)
Joe's gingerbread house. Joe is a true graham cracker artisan complete with walkway, bushes, icicles, chimney, and a taffy snowman.
Great Christmas.
1 comment:
Awww - I love muggies! She is so cute and so knowledgeable about things! lol.
I love your tree and your stockings too - it looks so Christmas-y there!
We missed you guys so stinkin' much this Christmas!!!
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