Family Week concluded with chocolate chip cookie making. Each kid made their own batch.
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| Loving using those hands to mix in the chips |
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| Anxiously awaiting the finished product. |
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| watching movies while the cookies baked |
We also did the traditional "sleep under the tree" on Friday. We watched the Shrek Christmas show and Emmit Otter's Jugband Christmas. After a little switching and some threats, everyone finally fell asleep around 9:30. At midnight, Ben was up googling the ingredients in cough medicine to make sure it didn't have a medicine he's allergic to. We made the executive decision to put everyone in their beds to avoid a 5:30 wake up time. At 7:30 the next morning, Ted stood about 2 inches from my face and loudly "whispered", "Mom, why are we in our beds?" 7:30 was worth it.
Christmas Eve we let them each open one present - pillow pet slippers. Ben played drums for both Christmas Eve services at South Ridge. And the glow sticks for Silent Night and Joy To The World were a huge hit.
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| Sophie found it necessary to sleep with her slippers and even pulled off the nose and antenna the second night. Needless to say, she doesn't sleep with them anymore. |
Christmas Morning was really fun for them (and us!)
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| waiting for permission to come downstairs |
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| post-breakfast face with chapstick |
Each kid got:
a Playmobil item (RV & small dollhouse)
pillow pet slippers (dog & lady bug)
ornament that represented their year (bandaid w/ drs & princess carriage)
game (Connect 4 Launchers & Busytown Mysteries)
misc item (paperjam drums & wvu jersey)
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| Connect 4 Launchers is super fun! |
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| We got Millie a new bed for Christmas (thank you Sam's Club for a STEAL of a deal!). The kids thought it was their own personal lounging bed in the living room until she game home yesterday. |
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