Since Megan got sick the week before I had been praying that everyone would be healthy for Christmas. Christmas Eve morning I took Megan in to the doctor where she got antibiotics to help her ear infections heal, and Annie was already on the mend from her short-lived cold. We had a fever-free day, so felt ok about everyone coming together on Christmas Eve afternoon/night as is our tradition. Grandma and Grandpa unveiled the big cousin gift (that stays at their house):
The foosball table was a huge hit. And the fact that it has an air hockey table underneath, and I think at least one more game was a double bonus. It has been a high-use item ever since.
We had an interesting acting out of the nativity story. Baby Jesus was highly sought after (fought over) and there was a good bit of chaos.
But after we got all that out of the way we did a cool thing that was actually very quiet and cool, passing a flame around on candles everyone had, sharing one reason they're thankful for Jesus Christ.
Everyone was actually very reverent and nothing caught on fire, so it was a win-win.
Afterwards, it was cousin present time, and presents from Grandma and Grandpa, so the rowdiness returned. The boys all got hats with their names on them, which they thought was really cool. Cousin gifts were fun and exciting.
But eventually we were able to pull ourselves away and head home to open our pajamas. The kids loved their fuzzy onesies:
The next morning the kids amazingly slept until nearly 6:00. No one was up super early or multiple times all night. It started out nice and clean and calm:
And ended up with a huge mess of wrapping paper and boxes:
Probably the biggest hits as far as presents go were the roller blades those who didn't already have them got, Megan's huge stuffed giraffe and her new glasses, and a new basketball hoop. The hoop and the blades have been used probably daily since Christmas.
She's been begging for glasses for a long time. At least since Ryan got his last summer.
Unstable Unicorns was a big hit, too, and gets played quite a bit.
Any Christmas day that ends up outside in short sleeves shooting hoops is a good one. :)
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