Warning: This post contains lots of pictures.
Put in especially for Matt.
Christmas Eve activities
gingerbread house
hot chocolate
program at Mamaquel's and Grandpa Whetten's
Uncle Carlos read Luke 2
the grandkids sang songs
Christmas Eve pajamas
they were especially excited about the underwear
Favorites for the kids were:
creating with her bendaroos
building legos he got 5 different sets
playing with her princess figurines while wearing dress up and a princess towel
riding her princess scooter
riding around Gramindy's kitchen in his new car
with my brother Carlos and my parents
sister Cynthia and her family with our parents
with GraMindy at church
The kids enjoyed having Uncle Ryan come and visit.
They were all craving attention from him. I think he reminded them of their Dad.
They had fun playing solitaire, watching Star Wars, and wrestling.
A few days after Christmas, while staying with Grandma Mindy in El Paso, we were reorganizing the sleeping arrangements to help our sleep challenged Blake sleep through the night. That meant putting him in his own room and kicking the other 3 children out to the living room. We were discussing who was going to sleep on the couch and the floor, and scooted Julia's mattress close to the fireplace to make room for Brayden. This upset Julia and she said, "I don't want Santa to come down the chimney and say (now in a gruff Santa voice), 'Hey that looks like a good place to sit.'" She was worried that Santa would come and sit on her if she slept close to the chimney. We had to break the news that Santa was not going to visit again this season.
Other Christmas quotes for Julia this year are "A leaf Navidad" (Feliz Navidad) and "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Ear"
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