Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The first FIVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

Well I was going to do Christmas in one big blog, but I still have pictures to upload from days six and seven.

Christmas was long this year and big, so this post will also be long...and it's pictures will be BIG.
Day one.

Christmas Eve.

The children and I arrive at Nana's house around ten in the morning. I set up my Christmas tree for the party that night and kept the fire going all day. Here's the kids opening their big holiday train.


I moved the tree to this table and set up the train around it that night when we got home. Luckily I had already wrapped presents because I was pooped. But it was a marathon not a sprint...


Day two. Christmas.


Barry's mother joined us for presents Christmas morning.



The kids got a Leap Frog Tag Junior and little kiddie digital cameras.

There was an unavoidable Princess theme this year. I've moved past bargaining into acceptance I think.

Then it was off to Josh and Julie's for a huge Christmas dinner and all around shin-dig. Bumpa's tuna fish dip has Gregory's double dipping seal of approval.





This wasn't a present but Dahlia was having such a blast rocking out like "Hannah on Tanna"




Then Christmas exploded. I don't know who gave what but thanks for everything.





Day Three. Even MY excitement for the holiday was waning at this point.
Day three brought dinner at Mom and Bill's and more presents.

By now, my kids are pros at the opening.




Reading a new book all together on the couch. It's about belly buttons so naturally there was a lot of giggling.




We wisely got all the kids into their new Christmas jammies for the ride home. And snapped a quick family photo. Hot damn. Look at all those kids.






Then I raced home and put the kids in bed for Barry and took the baby to a Yankee swap at a friend's. I think at this point I'm just punishing myself to see how much Christmas I shove down my own throat until I resemble the fat man from Monty Python's Meaning of Life before his wafer mint.






The next night was yet another Yankee Swap at the Alvin's. It seems like I get a lot of pictures of Gregory eating. But in my defense, he seems to eat non-stop at party's such as these.



And there was dancing and music, good food and great people and another car load of presents for the kids. Thank you all.




And who ever picks the "special" number gets to swap with anyone but me!



1 comment:

litanyofbritt said...

hey there! your kids are all adorable. your mom looks exactly the same as she did when we were kids. i need to drink from that fountain of youth!
` brittainy