HO! HO! HO! Merry Christmas!!

It WAS a very Merry Christmas!!! We did our traditional progressive dinner with Mike's family, which the kids love because they get to open lots of presents on Christmas Eve! 

We started at Jason and Kristine's for appetizers, where we learned that Elliott REALLY likes shrimp

And we learned that Archie is a little timid around Had Abogi (hee hee).

 And we learned that Archie and Rowan matched.

Then, it was on to the main course at our house, and dessert and Larry and Yoon's. 

After a quick reading of "The Night Before Christmas", the kids were off to bed. I couldn't sleep at all that night! I woke up about every 2 hours wondering what time it was, and finally, at 5:30AM, I couldn't stand it anymore, and I woke up the kids. They whisper-sang Away in a Manger as they walked down the stairs to find their loot. Elliott got a gigantic shooting remote-control helicopter and some board games, Lucy got rollerblades and a keyboard that teaches her how to play piano on the iPad, Archie got a new carseat, I got a vacuum that I'm so excited about, and Mike got a surround-sound speaker bar. Great haul this year.

We didn't get a white Christmas morning, but in the evening the snow started to fall. YAY!!

By the next day, we had a little skiff of snow! Enough that the kids could play a bit, and shovel an elderly neighbors driveway (their idea by the way! It helps when they think the act of service is fun!)

P.S. I think it's cute how Archie can now kick-back in style while we cruise around town. His carseat is HUGE!!