Life is Beautiful: Christmas 2011

Friday, December 30, 2011

Christmas 2011

This Christmas was definitely one of my favorites! The kids are at such fun ages. They were so excited, and so happy all day. Saylee started our day at 6:30. John and I could hear them in there talking, then Saylee came in our room bursting with excitement, telling us she told Madi she would come get us to get her off the bunk bed. I went in to find Madi and Cole sound asleep! Saylee had woken Mads, but she went back to sleep. Saylee could hardly stand waiting. She cuddled with us for a while. She kept saying, "Let me just go look then I will come right back down!" She soon found that the elf, Popotchi had left a note and she got a lion Webkinz. I got ready and she waited as patiently as possible. Cole and Madi woke up to us singing Happy Birthday to Cole around 7:30, and we woke Drew a little before 8. Cole found his frog Webkinz, Madi her hippo Webkinz and Drew and McQueen wheelie from our elf. Finally time to go upstairs!
Santa delivered all their wishes, plus some! They were all very happy. We opened the rest of the gifts and enjoyed our morning. We had biscuits and gravy, sausage and eggs for breakfast. The girls had dolly fun, Roo played cars, and Cole began the Lego creation, then we headed to church. Cole says he thinks Christmas should always be on Sunday because that's what it's all about. Church was filled with Christmas songs and special testimonies. Cole received lots of Happy Birthday wishes!
We came home for more playing. The girls quickly changed back into their outfits that match their dolls, but Cole was too busy building Lego's to even change! He kept telling me, "I'm addicted to building these!" Gram and Gramp came for lunch (rolls, sandwiches, veggie tray), and more gifts. We celebrated Cole's birthday with them. He stopped building just long enough for his apple fritter cake and a couple of gifts, then he was back to it! We spent the rest of the day enjoying the excitement and new gifts. The kids were so happy and relatively calm, it was a great, relaxing day!
Cole finally finished his Lego creation at about 5pm. It was the first time he had built the entire thing by himself, and he loved it. Lego's are so cool! It wasn't til then that he changed out of his church clothes and discovered his other gifts. We let him shoot his BB gun even though it was getting dark, because he hadn't shot it yet. The girls played dolls together, and everyone enjoyed singing in Madi's new microphone. Drew loved his wheelies ramp, and his firetruck.
We had calzones for dinner as per Cole's request. Then Trevor and Kyla came to visit and play with the kids. They were ready to crash when it was all over! The girls had a sleep over upstairs with their dolls and matching nightgowns. A beautiful day!