Happy Christmas to all....

Another year is coming to a close, so hard to believe. 2010 has been such a flash! I have been a stay-at-home mom for a year! I have been the mother of 3 for a year! Where is the time going?



It's been a very busy December, and I will soon be doing a post about Madelyn's birthday party from last weekend, but today is Christmas!!



The festivities began yesterday afternoon at Fammy and Granddad's house. First was dinner. I didn't take a shot of Fammy's beautiful table, but did get a shot of the kid's table - here they all are tucking into their macaroni and cheese:

Such a shame they aren't mature enough to have enjoyed the minestrone soup and chicken cacciatori that Fammy prepared for the adults!!!


Here's Daddy with his princess:

Let's flashback, shall we, to what Maddy looked like last Christmas:

Here the boys are being occupied with a movie while we finished up dinner!!

Then it was time for presents!!!

Lots of great stuff - as usual!!

Then it was time to head home and prepare for Santa's arrival.....

We set out a plate with carrots for the reindeer and cookies and blueberries for Santa. Can't explain the blueberries, but Tyler insisted that we put some out. And of course a glass of milk. And the bucket? Full of water for thirsty reindeer!

This is the "before" picture:

And this is the "after":

And here is all the booty that "Santa" left for us, including a new train...

Not bad. Not bad at all.

Here are the boys making all their discoveries this morning:

For Christmas breakfast, I decided to make pancakes. I had this great idea to use the Xmas cookie cutters to make pancakes! How fun it would be to have pancakes shaped like trees and snowmen and sleighs and candy canes......

Wonderful idea, but it didn't work. If I pulled the cookie cutters off too soon, the batter spread into a blob. If I waited too long, it wouldn't come off at all. So we ended up with regular, round pancakes instead. Luckily, I didn't tell the boys they were getting special shapes, so they weren't disappointed!

(I realize now that a smarter cook would have made the regular pancakes and THEN used the cookie cutters to cut out shapes....!!!)

After breakfast, it was time for PRESENTS!!!!!

Pillow pets!!

(ok, how much do you LOVE these pink leopard print jammies?!?!)

So many trucks, and cars, and books, and dinosaurs, and soccer balls, and laptops, and bath toys, and Tickle Me Elmo's, and more cars and more trucks! The children made out quite well.

The rest of the day was spent just hanging out at home - the kids (and daddy!) had lots of fun playing with all their new toys. Although, all daddy really got to do was be the remover of toys from boxes, the untwister of security twist-ties from packaging, and the battery installer! He was quite busy all day!

And I actually got to relax a little bit! I took a long, hot bath in my big fabulous tub, and I did my nails! And Mimi cooked a DELICIOUS dinner! All in all, a very nice day.

.... and to all, a Good Night!!