10. Two Adorable Girls in Christmas Dresses: The girls wore their holiday dresses on Christmas Eve. They looked so cute! We enjoyed spending time with my mom's side of our family. We went to church, had communion as a family (one of my favorite parts), and then played Bingo. This year we played Disney Bingo on the TV, the girls thought it was fun. Below Faith shows off some of her special Bingo prizes.
9. A Surprised Nana: This year we got Nana a Cricut. This wasn't on her list, but was something I thought she would really enjoy using for all those wonderful scrapbooks she makes us. The girls thought is was very fun she had such a big box to open. (for some reason even though its not that big it came in a HUGE box)
8. Snow & New PJ's: The girls were thrilled with the snow. Grace especially was concerned about having a white Christmas this year as she thought it was necessary for Santa's sleigh. Below they are checking out the snow the morning after Christmas in their cute new pj's from Cody & Erin. Grace took hers to put on in the bathroom Christmas night. She came back out to ask her daddy, "What do I do? It didn't come with a pull-up." They had fun playing in the snow with their uncles & Roxie.
6. Christmas Treats & Too Much Yummy Food: This year I did all of my Christmas baking in one day. It was quite the marathon. The girls loved getting to deliver the plates of goodies to our neighbors. We enjoyed all sorts of delicious food this holiday season. We had yummy appetizers on Christmas Eve, a huge meal at Grandpa Don & Grandma Kay's house, & Buffalo Wild Wings with Grandpa Rick & Grandma Leeanne. (a little late due to the flu)
5. Christmas Books: This year the girls had so much fun getting out and reading our Christmas books. Grace got a new Fancy Nancy one that I already have memorized from the short time between Christmas and when we put away the Christmas books! Jeremy and I got each of the girls and the baby a new Christmas book this year. One of Grace's new favorite things this year were the sticker books she received.
4. Special Gifts: The girls got so many fun gifts. Grace LOVED her dollhouse from Santa. Faith was very excited about her baby doll with stroller from Gramy & Papa. Both of the girls love their princess tent, easel, toy box, tea set & new movies. Jeremy's favorite gift was probably the nail gun he got from my dad & brothers. My favorite gift was from Jeremy and the girls, a mini-camera for recording video clips for my blog. (although it is still backordered)
3. Family: Due to the weather & sickness our Christmas celebrations ended up being a lot more spread out than originally planned. It was great to spend time with all of our family. We are VERY blessed with such an amazing family!
2. Sisterly Love: This year both the girls got to take a shopping trip to pick out a present for each other. Grace went with daddy and selected a baby doll & bottle for Faith. Faith went with Mommy and selected a Care Bear coloring book with some assistance. Then I let her pick out anything she wanted in the Dollar Store. She choose purple napkins & Grace actually loved them. She proudly told everyone that Faith got her purple napkins, her favorite color. We are planning to use them for her Birthday party.
1. The Simple Joy of Children at Christmas: This year I was reminded how simple and fun Christmas is when viewed through the eyes of a child. Christmas time can become stressful. Gifts are expensive, financial stress. Parties are a lot of work. Shopping can be tiresome, and the "to do" list is on over drive. But, my kids weren't worried about any of these things. They LOVED Christmas. They enjoyed going to see Christmas lights, opening our advent calendar, eating lots of yummy extra treats, spending time with family, and the pure delight of anticipating opening their gifts. Celebrating Jesus' birthday brought them joy and I loved seeing it in the way their faces lit up when they opened their gifts. Here were some of the great "faces" we captured.
Here the girls are playing with the packing material from Nana's gift. They have probably played with this stuff as much as their gifts. Simple joy-definitely!
Christmas 2009 was full of memorable moments, this "top ten" is only a sample of all the great memories we made.
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