we surrounded the tree, coffee in hand to enjoy our first christmas as a family of 5! we let nate open his big gift from nana and papa first, so i could feed jo and ellie.
nate was thrilled!
then we hit up the tree. ellie got her elmo. she was so thrilled. she could not believe she was holding elmo and he was talking to her!
funny story, you squeeze elmo's tummy and he says different quotes, one was "elmo is your best friend" well yesterday ellie was sitting beside me pushing his belly and he said "elmo is your best friend" and she said "no! no elmo best friend! yaya (nate) is best friend!" my heart!
her elmo
jo jo says a HUGE thanks for new (desperately needed) clothing! yeah!!!!!
ellie with her leap pad. she loves it!!!
nate was stoked about having his own box of chocolates!
i love this little fella from swissland, ive taken it for myself
muetti gave me this. so fitting!!!! love it!
little miss maya made me this, i know its for the fridge but i took it up to my desk so i could see it more. its so cute. i love home made gifts from my nieces and nephews!
a hat ursi made for ellie. SO cute!
so this christmas we did something ive never done. i spend more on my nieces and nephews than my own kids! i cut way back, and i mean way back on gifts! nate got 4 gifts from us (under 60) and ellie got 2, elmo and a book, jo got me. haha. i was a bit concerned over nate's reaction about the small size christmas, i chose his gifts carefully and made sure he would like them...
his reaction? he was undeniably the most grateful and thankful he has ever been. he was thrilled with his little pile and told us over and over how this was the best day of his life.
i am so glad we did this, not only was clean up, well, almost nonexistent. ha. nate got gifts that he wanted, that fit him and most important he got that materialistic things are not the point! its family, love and our savior's birth!
we had a simple dinner of eggs, ham, bacon and toast. the kids napped 3 hrs (chris too) and we spent the night driving around looking at the lights.
so thankful for the small, quiet, enjoyable christmas! it was the best christmas of all!
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Katie got an Elmo the Christmas she was 2 yrs old and she LOVED it too!
Glad to hear you like Maya's craft. Katie did one too, it'll come with Mom and Dad.
Hope the hat and socks fit. I'd love to see a picture with Ellie wearing the hat (if she'll let you, I know that kids can have their own ideas of what they will and will not wear).
We wish you a wonderful weekend.
Lots of love sent your way!
Ursi
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