My personal favorite present was found in my stocking from Santa Clause. . .tickets to Les Meserables and with a babysitter all ready to go. Best present ever: a date with the husb to my all time favorite musical.
Tubing with the Packards and Pettibones at a Snoqualmie resort. So fun! Warner was so scared the first time we went down, but he liked it the more we went.
A delicious dinner at Scott and Annette's where we enjoyed wonderful company and wonderful food. We missed Jeremy and Monica though.
Swimming with the whole family at an indoor pool. Watching Warner's tiny little body run and jump off of the diving board, over and over again flinging his bum out in front of his body the second he gets in the air. Watching Buster float on his back and tranquilly stare up at the ceiling like he had not a care in the world. Watching all of the kids in line at the diving board ooh and ah as they watch my awesome husband do gainers, back flips, front flips, and swan dives off of the diving board.
Endless amounts of nerf gun wars. The best was when Jaron thought it was a genious idea to sneak into the castle and take cover, whilst shooting all of us through the windows. Warner, who was supposed to be on his team, became a traitor and joined the girls in wasting Dad, who ended up being a sitting duck with his large body in that tiny castle. :) Talk about getting wasted. It was awesome.
Staying up late watching shows with Jaron, adopting the life style of a college student again, staying up late to hang out, and sleeping in. Luckily the kids slept in too.
Having Liv home from school for two whole weeks. I'm going to miss her when she goes back. We all loved having her home all day everyday.
Having nowhere to go, and just generally enjoying the hermit life.
New Year's Eve party at the Reno's. So fun to see old friends from the Park Orchard ward and get to hang out with the Packards one last time. :(
It was a wonderful Christmas I give it two thumbs up.
One thing that was not a highlight was bringing in the new year with the flu. Not fun. Warner threw up from 10:30pm to 4:30am and just when I thought it was finely time for rest, I heard Buster throw up in his crib. I learned that three year olds simply do not know how to throw up in bowls, and 8 loads of laundry later literally, I'm happy to say the flu (knock on wood) has left the building. At least I hope.
Olivia's favorite Christmas present was her friends of Legos Olivia and Nicole surf beach scene from Grandma and Grandpa Brown. She has played with it everyday. She also loved her card board castle that she got from Santa.
Warner's favorite gift I think is the nerf guns.
Buster's favorite gift was his exercise trampoline. He gets on it everyday, holds on to the handles and says "Dumpee dumpee dumpee!".
2 comments:
Oh how I miss you all!! We must have had the same Santa visit our house :) Or we just have girls that are SO MUCH ALIKE!! The girls got a house like your castle. . and yesterday they went on a train and ended up at the Browns and Pettibones house. . which was the cardboard house. . to stay with you while they were visiting. Wouldn't they have loved working on them together. Looks like you had a great Christmas! I especially love the nerf war. .too funny!
Sounds like a great Christmas! Annette told us that you guys had a great time, and that Buster took a power nap - what a great present for you! We would have loved to have been there, but I'm sure we'll spend another Christmas together in Washington in the future.
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