Friday, December 28, 2012

Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas to everyone!  I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday.
 
We had a great time at Grandma and Grandpa's house.  Rhonda got us all up early to have breakfast and open presents.
 
 
Santa brought Lilly a rocking horse and William a digital light designer.  They both loved them!


We opened a few small gifts and then decided to eat breakfast before opening anymore.  Will wanted to wear his Christmas glasses through breakfast, but then decided not to when he realized everything looked green.



Estelle tried to sneak a few presents while we were waiting to eat.



Grandpa bought a Merri-Okie microphone that made you sound like an elf.  It was a hit with the kids.



After breakfast we opened everything.  Lilly got a lot of toys and a new sleeping bag from the Grandparents that she loved.  Will got games, a superhero cape, and an MP3 music player.







The kids spent the rest of the day playing with everything.  Lilly liked riding her new horse and making it neigh.  Will liked playing with his light designer and the Butterfly-in-a-jar toy that he got.  It has a toy butterfly in it that flaps around when you tap the top.



Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Christmas Decorating and Snow

We managed to get the Christmas decorations up at our house over the last couple of weekends.
 
 
 
William and I also made some crafts.  These are "stained glass" Christmas lights.  We used clear plastic bottles, tissue paper, and white glue to create the effect.  Once they dried I put a battery powered light in them to make them kid safe.
 
 
We had a ton of snow last weekend so we decided to build a snowman at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

 



 


 


 
The kids also had fun sledding down the little hill in the back yard.







 
Afterward William and Lilly helped Grandma make dinner and some Christmas cookies.