Christmas was here

It came, and even quicker.... it went. 

Leaving us a house strewn with paper, bows, new toys, a sugar high, and a warm fuzzy feeling after reflecting on another year gone by.

the weekend went a little like this:

1 happy mother in a teeny tiny kitchen prepping for a Christmas Eve feast

2 crazy kids bouncing off the walls and hanging from the ceiling (and myself joining them a few times)

4000 pieces of glitter and oats scattered around the yard, which supposedly baits the reindeer? I'm not really sure why we do that.....

1 feast with 1 chicken that took 1400 hours to cook was eaten by,

1 small family who stuffed themselves silly.

1 day left of our advent, where we opened 

2 pairs of matching jammies (my kids will be dressed in matching pjs until they leave my house)

We read from Luke 2, and then The Night Before Christmas. 

Cookies, carrots, and notes were left for Santa and the reindeer.

3 minutes were spent outside looking for Rudolph's nose, until toes got cold and raced to bed.

1700 giggles as Robby and I excitedly got Christmas ready. 

27 hours it seemed like we were in bed....just WAITING impatiently for the time we could get up.

Star Wars everything, 1000 color crayons and paints, and 2 of the exact same body butter, from Robby to me, and me to he, because we are super exciting like that.

1 little girl who got 1 hat that hasn't come off her head.....she loves it that much.

What seemed like a few minutes....and it was all over and done. 

1 giant breakfast of strata and sticky buns, 

and then hours of playing, napping, movie watching, and napping some more. 

We topped the night off with a trip to the theater for Narnia, which we LOVED!

(although there were 4 covered eyes through a few parts....but they are still talking about it:)

a few photos, of our very green Christmas...

.....when can we do this again?


Hope your Christmas was perfect!