We spent a good portion of our Christmas break hiding out at home to keep from spreading germs. Annie came home from church early that first Sunday of break because she felt sick, came down with a fever that had some respiratory illness accompanying it, and then it got passed around. Megan had her turn next, then Rachel on Christmas Day, and Ryan 2 days later. So we watched Christmas movies and played in the back yard when it wasn't too cold.
We did have Grandma and Grandpa over for Grandma's birthday dinner.
After dinner they went on a drive with Ryan driving. :)
Megan "helped" me put together a nightstand for Jacob for Christmas.
She also loved Dr Ohm, carved by Grandpa Campbell. Especially his eyes.
Yes, she does have scissors in her hands, and yes she does wear that jacket all the time (at least whenever she comes across it--we have to hide it from her sometimes).
On Christmas Eve the kids were all fever free, but Jacob wasn't feeling well, so we headed to Grandma and Grandpa Knight's house without him. I left the kids with Grandma and went to Justin's house to help with some Christmas Eve construction, and made it back just in time to watch the traditional acting out of the Nativity by the kids.
Megan's costume that she tolerated for 2 minutes:
Mary (Annie) rode the donkey Rachel to Bethlehem.
Ryan the shepherd came to worship Baby Jesus.
When we came home the kids got to open their Christmas Eve present of pajamas.
The kids were excited about their slippers and Megan was happy to steal Ryan's shoes since he had to take them off to put on his new slippers.
We were going to let the kids stay up to watch a movie that night since we figured they wouldn't fall asleep quickly anyway, but Rachel had woken up that morning at 3am and had fallen back asleep from 5-6, and Ryan had already demonstrated how completely tired he was, so we just finished 15 minutes of a movie we had been watching that morning, then put them to bed and they were all out by 8:30, which is good on a regular night, let alone Christmas Eve. Waking up the next morning, of course, happened nice and early...
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