this is how we roll on christmas morn

yipee! he just opened his last "everyday christmas eve" aka advent calender

but first nate insisted that chris show him (again) how the toilet flushes after a pee, he flushes and calls himself "the flusher man"

coming down the stairs

"for me?!! this is for me???"

and he dove right on in

this is me. first thing in the morning. no make up. bed head and a huge angry zit. have i no shame? i posted bec i thought it was so neat how nate and i are posed so similar!

chris had nate read every present... "n a t e that spells ME!"

first present was opened and nate wanted to play with it right away. so we did that. we played with the play doh kitchen for 45 mins. chris and i enjoyed our coffee, i got our "compromised" christmas breaky going

which was oatmeal (heavy/substance) and fresh fruit (empty and not fun) it was good

and back to the presents. nate wanted to play with each one after he opened it. so we let him. it was fun, trust me. chris and nate games and i napped on the couch

gift from muetti and vati. we saw the box and laughed. i didn't know birkenstock had other models of shoes, they looked quite cute...i may look into gettin a pair. no, there was not shoes in the box. we got a personal/custom made chair leg bottoms that actually work! yeah muetti and vati!

then chris opened his swiss box and was quite shocked/thrilled and very pleased. i got my 4 bars (thanks sarah!) and chris promptly took the rest and put them in his office, so he doesn't have to share...which is ok with me. my butt thanks him

the box stuffed with swiss chocloate

can you just hear chris "ohhhhhh thanks rudy" (but we really know it was sarah who bought it...ha!)

nate was very happy with his train. he was thrilled with his new train track too!

i am so smitten with muetti's creative wrapping. ha!

"yeah! mcdee's"

then he says "i think our (our???? more like HIS) new eating plan will be on hold until feb"

haha

chris on an eating plan?

hahahaha

ha

how much do i love my husband. he got me gift cards. i love him. thanks dude!

*ok. monctonians. did you get this gift? hummm was he at the strip mall besides walmart? in moncton there is a plaza that has the dollar store, micheals, bulk barn, winners..hum did he go there? tim's is across the street ( he ran out of money by the time he got to winners...remember that 20.00 budget)

then we dined at our friend's place. we had the most delish turkey dinner with the fan-tas-tic dessert. ever. trust me. SO good

and nate sat at the kid's table

sniff. he's growing SO fast!

can i get an "awwwwww"

back to the play kitchen. best 10 buck gift. ever. nate played with it for over an HOUR this morning!

us this am before church

that's us and our christmas. we had a great time. chris and i stayed home, alone for the first time in our married life. we loved it. we started a few traditions and really enjoyed our selves. we went to church christmas eve, then home for a movie with nate on the big screen (bob the builder's christmas movie) then nate went to bed and chris and i watched it's a wonderful life, i have NEVER seen it before and it was great. i think i may just get into this old movie thing! we kept christmas quiet and cheap (no gifts between us just 20 socks) i would not change it for anything!

so! from us to you, merry-wonderful-joy filled-fabulous christmas!

Posted by mel at 1:58 PM