It Still Looks A Lot Like Christmas

No, we aren't enjoying the white stuff that our neighbors to the north are, but we are still in pj's playing with all of our Christmas goodies!

Here's how the much anticipated weekend went down...

Kathryn decided on Thursday that she wanted to sleep with her brother on Christmas Eve. You can imagine my delight especially since this was a tradition for me and my brother many moons ago!

The kiddos spent the night before Christmas Eve at Tula and Pops' which gave me time to put fresh sheets on Walker's bed and lay out Christmas pj's complete with their own supply of reindeer food.

Of course by Christmas Eve night, Kathryn had changed her mind. I told her she had "Audrey Syndrome." And tried to convince her that if I used to sleep with Uncle Brad, she could definitely sleep with Walker (just kidding Uncle Brad...you know I love you;).

Unfortunately, she could not be swayed which was probably a good thing because after three days of no naps and Christmas Eve night spent opening presents at Tula and Pops', these two were T-IRED!

A good thing too because me and a little elf named Daddy had to get Christmas on! Here's the den late Christmas Eve night...

And here we are Christmas morning! The light sabers were an immediate hit!

Matt did all of the kids Christmas shopping, which is just one of the many things I love about him. He also did all of the "arranging" of the gifts! And set up Walkers car track (in the left of the picture). He not only bought the gifts, but he put some thought into them too. For example, he bought blue and green light sabers because the kids know the red ones are for the bad guys!

And what did our sweet, loving, innocent daughter say when she saw her light saber? I wanted a red one. I want to be Darth Vader. Oh my!

Kathryn asked for a Jojo the Rabbit for Christmas, and Santa delivered! On the box, it listed this toy for 18 months and up. Don't ask me why she wanted it, let's just say that's the danger of letting your kids look through the WalMart and Target circulars.

The breakfast table...

Looking for quick and easy decorations...use candy! I just dumped all of our leftover Christmas candy into a few glasses and compotes and there you have it! I even tied the napkins up with a ribbon and some ribbon candy.

Here's the kids' table with a few Christmas visitors!

The kids knew that shortly after opening presents and eating breakfast we would be heading to Nana and Papa's house, so Kathryn was determined to bring all of her new goodies with her.

She almost succeeded!!!

Christmas Round #4 takes place tonight when Uncle Brad, Aunt Mak and Addi Girl get into town! I'll be back with more pictures, so hang tight!

P.S. As for a run down on the Christmas breakfast menu, everything was delicious! I will say the eggnog butter should be reserved only for those who really love eggnog (like me!). It actually tastes just like the real deal and was yummy on the waffles we made!

And the Candy Bar Peanut Butter cookies were YUMMY! Definitely a new favorite cookie recipe!!!