We gathered at Mom and Dad's for dinner and treats...
Here I am fixing the sink holes in the candles...
There was some game playing...
lining up of dolls...
and festive singing...
The German nativity is always a pleasant tradition...
I realize this picture is from the Sunday before but I had to stick it in...it's so cute of my Matt :)
Christmas morning was lovely.
The kids aren't waking up nearly as early as they used to and are happy to get some extra sleep.
I was actually able to get Ben to pose for a few seconds...
He's rarely in the Christmas morning tree shots because he refuses.
Here are just a bunch of pics of present opening...
Abby excited over some nice colored pencils...
...and some Bob Ross playing cards.
Ben was excited over G&G Olsen's gift of some Sesame Street fluffy balls.
Later that morning we went over to Mom and Dad's for brunch and then went to a movie (Frozen II). I think that was the first time for the vast majority of us to go to a theater on Christmas. Dad stayed home with Ben for us.
That evening Abby and T painted their nails...
...we ate more food and played more games.
All of the festivities exhausted Ben...
Back at home...
On Christmas Eve, Abby and T had all but finished this puzzle that T had brought. They worked very hard on it while we watched multiple Hallmark murder mysteries. They went to bed with about 20-25 pieces left to go. Christmas morning we woke up to this little message... (bottom left). The boys had finished all but one piece and left it for the girls to do. I guess T had expressed at the end of the night that she was not looking forward to finishing the last pieces because they were all the same color. We thought that was pretty cute.
Here are Abs and T putting in the last piece and showing off their nails at the same time.
We had a good Christmas. It was fun having Jo and T with us for 6 days and nights.
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