The magic of Christmas is alive and well. The best part of Christmas this year for me was watching Alyson’s joy. She is so much fun. She loves Santa. She was very concerned about making sure we had cookies to leave out for him. She loved each and every gift. She spent Christmas day caring for her new stuffed puppy, with her hair up in her ribbon pony tail holder, wearing her new necklaces, socks and slippers. She did her new stamp pads and maze book and played Wii music. She ate the majority of her candy. She loved every single gift.
The boys also enjoyed their gifts, but the sheer joy that Alyson expresses made the day so much fun.
And now for the picture roundup…
The snow derailed most of our Christmas activities. Here’s just how deep it got:
As I think I’ve mentioned, we had to have our own little Bake Day at home this year. Christian insisted that we had to make Peanut Butter balls. We looked up a recipe and got to work.
I think the kids liked dipping them in chocolate the best.
Christmas eve we were blessed with a ride to the Candlelight service at church. See that pink lump between Christian and I? That’s Alyson. She had a really hard time staying awake. We were honored to be asked to light a candle and do a reading this year, and BJ did a wonderful job lighting the candle.
Christmas morning we were grateful to have Grandma Julie brave the white Christmas and join us.
Alyson was not exactly ready to start her day.
The boys were excited to get started on the presents, though.
Once she woke up, Alyson loved her Wii Music game.
BJ did great reading tags and passing out gifts.
One more of Christian:
