Christmas festivities are officially closed. We had an awesome Christmasy December and now I'm ready to take down the decorations and call it January.
This picture was taken at Aleksy's Gran and Aunt's Christmas on Dec 15th. This was the first of family celebrations and we had our traditional Christmas pizza. Leah's first time at Grans!
Logan my little cookie making helper. He is kind of at a funny age for helping with things like this because he wants to help and knows what he wants to do but then when he finds it hard and not turning out how he wanted, he doesn't want to do it anymore! So there were only a few decorated by him.
Also, these are cookies for Santa now and when he sees us eating them he tells us this.
And matching family PJs from last year came back in full swing (good thing we bought big for Logan) and they still had some in stock for Leah to get her own pair!
I chose this picture because it reflects accurately my experience of parenthood... both grabbing my hair from both sides and one eating it. At least there's some still left after all this post partum hair loss!
Friends family Christmas PJ brunch! This is our pack of 11 children and 8 adults all in our jammies for some breakfast. I love parties where there's mimosas and breakfast. I did breakfast enchildas and they were delicious!
Elf yourself... good stuff every year.
Since the kids had so many presents to open Christmas eve in the evening and Christmas day, we let them have some of their other presents Christmas eve. Logan was pumped for a new hot wheels garage and car track for all his little cars! And I was excited to start the resent opening early...
Christmas eve we went to Aleksy's Babcia's for a visit in the afternoon before heading to my Moms for Christmas eve supper.
Christmas goodies.. I managed to find some time during the day because Leah's such a good baby to make some ginger snaps, pb chocolate squares, shortbread squares and cranberry cake. I also had made the christmas choc chip cookies and pb balls for a cookie exchange and of course Logan helped with the Christmas cookies. And those chocolate gluten free cookies are actually delicious!
I fully tricked Logan into this picture. This is as good as it gets.. the dog and Rachel are ready.
Logan (and me) were not tip top on Christmas eve so he wasn't eating much supper but he was LOVING the crackers. He even got a bottle opener. What a lucky guy.
After supper Rachel comes upstairs asking when we're going to open presents... but only because Logan was asking of course. These guys couldnt wait!
Dessert just before opening presents... or during because the kids can't wait forever!
Logan opened his Thomas the train with some books and with that he was gone playing with his train for the rest of the evening... we had to call him over to open other presents because he was perfectly satisfied with his one gift!
He was spoiled with some Thomas jammies, a fancy gap shirt always from his Auntie and remote control Chase!
Logan did so well this year and wanted to play with his new toys when he got home and was even able to help get the egg nog and cookies for Santa. Leah thought 9pm was an ungodly hour. Thomas are tears in her eyes poor tired babe.
Christmas morning! Logan was up about 6:45am and we managed to stay upstairs until about 7:15am because 1) this was the day he really wasn't feeling the hottest and he woke up monsterly cranky and 2) I think due to #1 he managed to forget that Santa brings presents and they were downstairs.
But once we got downstairs he got some instant happiness with all this... he even held his sister for a picture!
Stockings first. I am very pleased with Santa's snacks in Leah's stocking. Great idea Santa.
Logan basically got to open double the presents this year... although Leah called dibs once they were out.
Logan helping open Leah's new pink swing for the back yard.
This little Logan snowglobe made us laugh!! We have the best daycare lady! Keeping this one forever!
Logan and Leah excited about Leah's new walker toy. Leah moved on from her Christmas jammies after a poosplosion or peesplosion (I dont remember because far many have occurred since then).
Christmas morning madness was divided into 2 time slots. We didn't get through everything and by 9:30 Leah was ready for a nap so she went down and we took a little break. I swear it didn't seem like that many presents until they started opening!
Logan's presents included his new James train (that he asked Santa for), new train accessories and box, a motorized ATV, hungry hungry hippos, a pup pad, cash register and money to name a few...
Leah got a new walker, swing for the backyard playground, soft toy food and a baby to name a few.
Christmas breakfast... Tommy and Vina's delicious bread with eggs, peameal bacon, hashbrowns and some kielbassa. Oh and mimosas obviously.
His very own wallet with money and cash register! After opening presents, breakfast and getting out of our PJ's we went on a brief drive so the kids could have a nap before Christmas at Aleksy's parents! That was the method of napping for most of the holidays since Logan was sick and needed a nap but refuses to nap at home!
At Christmas at Aleksy's parents, there's no beating around the bush. You get there and immediately open presents... it's great! Logan especially thought so. He was a great helper once again with his sisters presents.
Leah cleaned up in the baby toy department this Christmas. She is never bored of her toys now!
Also.. how cute is my baby.
Apparently I get really excited over my kids presents. Logan got a box full of new tracks (that Richard makes!) for his trains, which was pretty awesome for everyone. I am quite the avid train track builder these days.
We had an awesome huge (as always) Christmas turkey supper to follow and on Christmas evening were home a but earlier for the kiddos to get to bed... especially since a cold and fever had hit Logan especially by the end of the day.
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