Christmas 2012

Only six months behind, but while I have a few spare minutes, I thought I would put up some pictures. It was a little rough having to go back to work the next day, but I very much enjoyed some hang out, relax and play time with the family.

The stockings are hung on the stairway with care.



Our Winter Wonderland ready for Christmas morning.



Christmas Eve, Nate and I hid in my room and made snowflakes to hang from the ceiling. Eric hung some from the fan so when the fan was on, they spun. I needed some personal kid time and making snowflakes with my Nate the Great filled my heart and made a memory (for me at least). Some of the snowflakes turned out really cool too. One of my favorite you can see on the right most side. I wish I'd taken pictures of some of them. Xela has been the photographer for quite a few activities lately.

My mom sent some 3D kind of glasses
that made Christmas lights turn into snowflakes & snowmen.
COOL!!!

Remote control cars are always a hit!

Everyone got a lego minifigure.
How appropriate that one was Santa!!

A gift from the big sister - Polly swimming pool.
I love how the kids want to give their things to each other.

 

Aunt Diane & Uncle John sent a set of books
for Nate to read. We've finished three of them,
I think. I'm glad he likes to read!

 

The overalls were a TOTAL hit!
Eric was all smiles and wore them for about a week straight.
The tool was needed, but not the one he would have picked.
It's the thought and effort, right?

Xela ripping into something.

Daddy putting a necklace on Aurora.
I think it was from Gma Hibbert, but I could be wrong.

I got Kinex for the kids, a present they could share.
I think I played with it more than they did.
Look at the cool chopper & 4-wheeler I made!
 

Eric was SO EXCITED to get overalls.
He put them right on and wore them
for about a week straight.
I did good on that gift!

Hex bugs!
They had fun building different mazes and watching
whose bug would vibrate it's way from start to finish.
I like having toys that they can play with together.
They came up with some interesting designs,
some included drop offs and traps!

 

It was so nice to have a day that was just hanging with the family, no work, no place to be, just relax and enjoy the day. That's how Christmas should be. There weren't a ton of presents, but we all had an enjoyable day together. (I'm noticing the date on the overall picture says 12/24. It's wrong; it was 12/25.)

 

I had to go to work the next day, which was kind of a bummer for me. It's the first time in a LONG time that I haven't had all Christmas break with the kids. However, it did workout that there was a big snowfall/blizzard during the break. Indianapolis was buried and work was called off unless you had to be there because roads were bad & other business/day cares were closing. Then one day I woke up with a fever and I slept almost the entire day. It worked out well because I had just been upgraded in pay scale to full time with paid time off. I was grateful for that Christmas blessing!