Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas!

christmas morning

Christmas morning, eagerly examining the goodies!

stockings

Stockings first

coloring

Trying out the new watercolor pencils while waiting patiently for the rest of the family to arrive for present opening.

fruit salad

They eagerly got dressed and helped get a breakfast spread on the table.

Present time!

Present time!

b

Merry Christmas!

lego love

Lex made little Lego gifts and put them in our stockings. Alan made Lex a little Lego surprise for his stocking as well.

gift from lex

Lex made a little book at school and wrapped it up as a gift for us. So sweet.

j

Joyce e-joined us for awhile. The kids were eager to show her what they got.

watches

Eve asked for a Hello Kitty watch and she got two!

tent

Grandpa Tom built Eve a princess castle.

lego lex

Presents opened, time for playing!

in the tent

Fun with the princess tent. Grampy Don and Pat e-joined us for awhile as well.

reading

Eve co-opted Katie into some one-on-one attention.

painting

Eve also co-opted everyone into painting her new nativity set.

painting p2

Even B got in on the painting action.

table

This scene just made me laugh.

lego watch

Lex got a build-your-own Lego watch. Think he likes Legos much?

r and e

Check out Eve’s new awesome hat! When she pulls on the string the wings flap!

more legos

More Legos!

puzzle

Funny story. I got Grandpa a “hometown puzzle” with his address as the center, and Mema got the same puzzle for Lex. With our address as the center, of course. It’s cool, but a super hard puzzle!

me

Alan wanted to make sure I was in a picture or two. :)

round two

Just before dinner we had round two of present opening, since Rosy, Amanda and Rachel missed the first round.

rosy

Rosy!

wand

Lex got a Harry Potter wand and they had a blast with it this morning.

hat

So silly.

One thought on “Christmas 2012

  1. that castle is WAY bigger than i thought- sorry/I LOVE IT! Eves hair looks so pretty. and my face enlarged on the tv looks less scary than i thought it would- ha great christmas. i love you all so much!

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