I love Christmas so much!
So onto the fun!
Everyone wanted to get back into pajamas after church so we hurried and did that and then we took turns with all of the gifts. Abi would open one, then Maddy, then me, then Doug. We did that until they were all gone!
The #1 gift on Abi's list: a cardboard castle she could color!
Maddy got a record player that Doug and I both had as kids. It is so nostalgic!
Abi was so excited that her zhu zhu pet was not only a princess but purple as well!
Maddy got zhu zhu princess too!
the other things she really, really wanted- a zhu zhu castle...
some new Barbie movies...
Yay! Minnie jammies! Doug is checking out his Lego Heroica game I got him.
Maddy got the Disney version of Pictureka. She doesn't know what it is but is excited it has Mickey on it!
Abi was so excited about the Strawberry Shortcake clubhouse.
Maddy's mega doodler...
Doug is opening his gift from Abi. I love the look on her face. She just loves giving gifts!
She made him some Root Beer reindeer...
Maddy was over the top excited about her Minnie Mouse pillow pet!
And you can see in this picture that while the rest of us were taking turns she was just snuggling Minnie!
Doug opening the big basket from my parents full of fun stuff! He was very excited about the Lego Creationary game.
Maddy trying to put on her new Minnie pajamas from her cousin McKenna...
She opened this outfit with a Hello Kitty hat from my parents. She was so excited!
She had to put the hat on right away!
"How do I look?"
She wore it most of the day.
Abi was excited to get Sleeping Beauty magnet dolls and a new book from her cousin Matthew.
Always loving new books...
I love this look on Abi's face as she opened the remote controlled Strawberry Shortcake car from my parents!
They both were happy about the Busytown airport game Maddy got from my parents.
Abi loves her new unicorn purse from my parents and found out that it had $5 in it too!
I wish you could see Abi's face here. She gave Maddy this envelope for a gift and was laughing hysterically the whole time she was opening it. It was a bunch of black pieces of construction paper Abi had cut up.
She meant it to be funny but Maddy kept saying, "Ooh! Thank you! Ooh! A rectangle!"
Abi with all her gifts:
From Santa: stocking stuff, Lite Brite, castle, zhu zhu pet castle and carriage and princess, fashion plates, markers, 2 barbie movies, reindeer webkinz, Hello Kitty wii game, and Strawberry Shortcake clubhouse.
From my parents: 5 princess books, Strawberry shortcake car, unicorn purse, LaLaLoopsy bus.
From Matthew: Knights of Right book and magnetic paper dolls
From my uncle Kimball's family: fairy paint set
From her teacher: The dinosaur book
From Maddy: Callie Cat Ice Skater book
From her class party: Barbie puzzle set
Maddy's gifts:
From Santa: stocking stuff, Fisher Price record player, Disney pictureka, mega doodler, Christmas magic book, minnie pajamas, crayons, Clarisse, Minnie pillow pet, zhu zhu pet, Zoobles, and Leap frog phone in picture below
From Abi: construction paper rectangles and the book Camilla the Cupcake Fairy
From my parents: polka dot dress with leggings and Hello Kitty hat, Lego set, Busytown airport game, and Little People Christmas book
From McKenna: Minnie Mouse pajamas
From my Uncle Kimballs family: princess book pictured below
Our family gifts:
From friends and family: Life game, calendar, Toy Story Mania Wii game, banana bread, cookies, gingerbread cookie mix, Butter cookies
From my sister: Jenny Phillips FHE set and CD
From my parents: that cute basket full of family fun. There was the Lego game Creationary, the Mary Englebreit Nutcracker book, 17 Miracles blu-ray, and lots of treats plus some cash to get things like butter, milk, etc to make some of the mixes and things.
My gifts:
Stockings stuff, 2 Harry Potter movie books (which are absolutely amazing by the way), the 39 clues set, some purple pajamas, book 1 and 2 of the Kane Chronicles, Inheritance ( the last in the series finally!), Clockwork Prince, a Breaking Dawn movie companion book, some Sunflower perfume, and a new teapot that I forgot to put in the picture.
My sister gave me a beautiful necklace with an A and an M on it for my girls and that pretty snowflake ornament.
My uncle gave me some popcorn and a pot holder.
Doug's gifts:
from the girls and I he got a paint by number paint kit (he used to like to do those and I thought it would be fun), a shadow box with our Disney pins in it, a Shadow box with his signed World of Warcraft box from when he met the creators, a new set of headphones, a wallet with some McDonalds gift certificates in it, the reindeer root beer, a raid night survival kit consisting of some treats and caffeine, the Heroica game, and a sweater.
He got the movie Paul Blart mall cop from my uncle.
From my brother Brent he got a really nice journal and pen.
He got the movie Paul Blart mall cop from my uncle.
From my brother Brent he got a really nice journal and pen.
A couple hours later I had them search for the Christmas pickle on the tree. Abi found it and got the extra gift...
I'm glad she found it because I thought she would and it was a Playmobil set.
We had Christmas dinner picnic style with our traditional ham and potatoes and Christmas crackers. I actually had more planned but decided I wanted us all to eat only what Abi could eat.
Maddy with her crown.
We love our crowns and Abi was so happy hers was purple!
We watched Abi's new Barbie movie, 'A Perfect Christmas' which was cute..
It was an amazing Christmas and we feel so blessed.
