Our Christmas festivities began on Christmas Eve. We spent the afternoon and evening at Grandma and Grandpa Knight's house. The girls had a good time reading and playing in the big sheet tent they built.
That night Rachel was excited to be Mary in the nativity.
Annie thought it was fun for about 3 seconds to have a headdress on.
Jake was a shepherd and we all enjoyed the wonderful acting with Mary (Rachel) and Joseph (Annie) fighting over a naked baby Jesus. Rachel also doubled as the angel.
Christmas morning Rachel made it almost to 7:00 before waking up and coming to get us. Rachel and Annie were both very excited to check out what was in their stockings. Annie, of course was obsessed with the candy. Throughout the unwrapping of presents she kept on trying to steal Rachel's candy, since I had put hers back in her stocking after letting her have a few M&Ms to placate her.
Rachel and Annie both got their pillow pets from Santa--Rachel got a unicorn and Annie a ladybug that happens to have antennae that are perfect for her to chew on.
Annie was super excited about Jake's new remote control trick car (the girl loves cars!) and wouldn't let him just put it down after he unwrapped it--she wanted him to get it out and play NOW!
Rachel made us a special ornament in her preschool class for a Christmas present.
The girls got some super-sticky bubbles in their stockings that don't pop very easily. They had a blast chasing them around and catching them in their hair and clothes.
The bubbles were so strong that 15 minutes later I saw one hovering under the air intake for our heater. They stick to everything. They quickly became an outside toy.
Dad helping Annie open a present (she had a fun time ripping lots of paper).
The Christmas chaos:
Rachel got a new doll she named Lucy, and some dress-ups and decided that she and Lucy needed to try on the dress ups together.
She also got Annie dressed up, but Annie wasn't much of a fan and only lasted a few seconds before wanting it off.
We are lucky enough to have 10am church, so we had enough time to do presents, and get ready for church without to much fuss. I loved having the Christmas choir program actually on Christmas day. It was nice to sing along to a bunch of Christmas songs and have a whole hour devoted 100% to the true meaning of Christmas. It definitely helped this Christmas to be a more spiritual Christmas than most Christmases that don't fall on Sunday.
After church we went in to my parents' for more presents and Christmas dinner.
Rachel was more than happy to help Annie unwrap her presents. Annie was less than happy to have help sometimes.
Rachel didn't mind jumping in to help Grandpa unwrap his presents either.
After opening presents we went outside to see about setting up a play tent Rachel and Annie got and discovered the best present of all: a trampoline.
Of course it's for all the grandkids, but seeing as how we are the only ones that live within 2 days drive, I have a feeling we'll be benefiting most from it.
The girls love it and every time we go in to their house they love going out to jump. Annie is really robust and doesn't mind getting knocked over by Rachel's jumping. In fact she laughs and laughs as she bounces on her stomach whenever she tips over.
We also managed to snap a few family pictures:
After playing for a while and spending time with Grandma and Grandpa Knight (and my siblings families via a Google+ hangout), we headed home and got to talk to Jake's family, too. It was a fun Christmas. We are blessed with a great family, and it sure is fun to have Christmas with little kids to liven everything up.
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