On Christmas day, after all the presents are open, the adults always sit around, eat, and think... so, what should we do now? This Christmas we had two sweet girls to keep us all on our toes!
Ella and Emery had us all harnessing our inner-child and play with their new toys. Emery's "Frozen" barbie dolls were a big hit - with Emery! The two barbie's hands clicked together and made sweet, sweet music. Music that played over, and over, and over, and over, and you get the idea. Bill and I joked - It's not Christmas with kids unless there's a new toy with obnoxious, repetitive sounds!
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| Em and her "Frozen" Barbies that drove us all crazy |
Ella got her Katniss Everdeen on with her new Nerf bow and arrow set.
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| Ella as Katniss Everdeen (Nerf version) |
Christmas in southern California meant warm weather... and the weather was particularly warm the week we were there. I believe it was in the low 80s! And all I brought were light, long-sleeved t-shirts! I had to borrow a short-sleeved T from my awesome sis-in-law, Kirsten. (Thanks, again!) On the plus side, we were all happy to sit outside in my parent's newly landscaped back yard patio and bask in the sun.
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| My handsome husband! |
We hung out, had yummy food and tasty beverages, and generally had a good, mellow time. And of course there was friendly teasing - you don't spend time with your siblings without a good dose of teasing!
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| Typical Todd pose |
Towards the end of Christmas day, Ella and Emery talked several of us to play cards with them.
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| Go Fish! |
We had several intense games of Go Fish, as Emery declared we had to keep playing until EVERYONE WINS! I think there was a fair bit of cheating to ensure everyone eventually won and we could finally play something else :-)
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| "We keep playing until everyone wins!" - Emery, age 5 |
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