Snippets of Christmas

I've neglected my after Christmas post!  The truth is we've had so much fun just being, I haven't had time.  We've had friends over to play & went visiting friends. My husband and I are battling it out on our new scrabble board most evenings.  Plus I'm hooked on my new Charlotte Brontë book. My husband is on vacation and we've just been enjoying life.

In any case, here are some photos from Christmas. Here's our big boy Michael, proud to put the angel on top of the tree all by himself.

On Christmas morning, amazed at the milk gone and the cookies mostly gone.  "Santa must have been full when he visited us!"

The stockings hung.  Mine missing a ribbon to hold it up. I never found time for that project.

 
A flurry of unwrapping.  We could barely hold Owen back.  He was fun this year because he knew what was going on and was really excited.  We awoke with Michael running to tell us "Santa came, Owen, Santa came!" Owen immediately ran to open presents and didn't quite understand that we had to wait for Daddy to get up and for us to make coffee.  What 2 year old would?  So we let them open their stockings while we found the coffee. This at 7:00 AM, not bad!

Santa brought a play kitchen!  The boys were thrilled!

Santa also brought some pots and pans & utensils.  Mama needle felted some play food for their stockings. I love how they placed the bird houses, just perfect for hanging the spatula and spoon.

 

Owen loves his doll, Maxwell!  I won Maxwell, A Warm Sugar doll, shortly before Christmas at Earth Mama 101!   This may not look like the proper way to play with him but it's a compliment of the highest order I tell you!

Funding Christmas came together so well this year.  Much of what we found for the kids was funded by my MamaWestWind store, thank you to all who ordered this season!  Also, I found trades and the giveaway.  Not to mention my family who always sends such thoughtful gifts for the kids.  These adorable gnomes are a few of my favorite gifts that we found at Cedar Ring Co-op.  They are waiting patiently for their friend...

And here he is!

I can't talk about Christmas with out mentioning the real wonder.  Miracle of miracles I got both of the boys out on Christmas morning to go to church.  I had prayed about it for a week.  I really wanted to go to church on Sunday but worried the boys wouldn't want to tear themselves away from their new toys. It all went very smoothly and we were actually on time for a change!  It was the most inspiring part of the day for me, my spiritual uplift.

The rest of the day was spent making ham dinner, playing with the boys, watching a couple new Christmas movies and my husband and I playing Scrabble.  Fun for all!

I hope you had a wonderful, love-filled holiday too!