We had a pretty quiet week last week. At the beginning of the week the kids got a new bedroom set. Similar to this, but without the bookcase and a dresser and nightstand instead. They were pretty excited. (I've been looking for one on craigslist for a few months and finally found a great deal before anyone else bought it.) Mark took them shopping to choose their own mattresses. It's been wonderful to have them in their own beds so they cannot complain about who is stealing covers, kicking, etc. (Merry Christmas to me!)
Christmas Eve we had our traditional dinner: ham, funeral potatoes, rolls, Christmas ribbon jello salad, vegetables, etc. (I've never cooked a ham before and it was soooooooo scrumptious!) Then we had the kids act out the nativity (with our nativity set people) while we read it from Luke. We played Cadoo and Yahtzee (thank you to Rachel and Skylar) several times, played the Wii, and ate some munchies. We watched the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert on PBS in the evening. We really enjoyed singing along to the songs we knew!
The kids got their pajamas on and went to bed. By the time they fell asleep (which took forever) and we were ready for Christmas morning, Santa had come. It was 2a.m.
Mark had the greatest idea. If we wake the kids up, and they open their presents, they will probably go back to bed and we can all sleep in!! Sounded great. We woke up the Jeffrey and Brooklynn, who were not excited to be out of bed. They were too tired to open presents, so off to bed we all went and woke up a few hours later to rip open our presents.
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