Christmas 2008

 

Last week seemed to blur by and I can't believe it's already Sunday. My husband came home from work early on Christmas Eve and we all sat around the kitchen table and peeled pears - and then we canned 19 jars of them. We would have gone for more, but ran out of jars and decided to dehydrate them instead (yum - like candy.)

We finished up as a couple of dear friends arrived to spend the evening with us.
Our candle light supper was pretty simple, yet special and enjoyable. We acted out the Nativity, watched Joy to the World, the kids opened their pj's, and then went to bed.
On Christmas morning our kids came into our room at 4:13 am. Holy cow! After some negotiations, around 7:45 our morning got started. I think one of the greatest things about Christmas this year was watching my kids give each other gifts.

One got her sister an alarm clock - I think that was one of the presents that she was most excited about. One got her sister a webkinz - one that she really wanted. They were both just so thrilled with what they'd given each other, we could have probably just stopped there. They were also excited about some hand made gifts they had made for family members. It was their first foray into machine sewing and embroidery and they did almost the entire thing by themselves.

The girls got some sleds that attach to their behinds - they call them 'big bottomers.' They spent a lot of their day outside sledding and playing in the snow. We had so much that my husband just shoveled it into piles along the driveway and the kids sledded down right there. We have a snow cave in the front yard now too.

My husband was able to take Christmas day off as well as Friday, so we've had him around for a while - and we've really enjoyed it! We've really enjoyed just hanging out together watching shows, sledding, playing games, and reading. Simple, nice, and quiet - what more could one ask for?