The girls woke up bright and early on Christmas morning to discover that Santa's sleigh had found it's way to Grandmother and Grandaddy's house! Santa scaled back on the "large" items this year...
Abby's:
Audrey's:
Interesting that the very things that they had put on their wish list were the first things that they were drawn to! Abby asked for a baby doll and Audrey asked for a dog. (And we told her that the rules at the North Pole state that you cannot deliver a live animal to a house that is not really yours...)
These little girls were so precious to listen to as they took it all in....
Audrey didn't want her favorite puppy to be left out of the fun, so she introduced them immediately. Puppy, Sparkles. Sparkles, Puppy.
And, since our own stockings are in storage right now, we had a fun time picking through all the oldies in the attic. I was honored to use Heaby's stocking this year.
Still steering clear of the "AG" store, sweet Abby was happy as could be with her new baby!
And, here are some fun items that made the original request list back around Thanksgiving. Audrey asked for a globe....
....and Abby asked for a "taco toy"...which she totally made up! Luckily, Santa's elves came up with something fabulous. A whole set of Mexican food! Sweet girl asked me to cut the box tops off of the little taco boxes. :)
Oh, the glorious mess of Christmas morning! Presents under the tree were opened, and we enjoyed the rest of the day being completely lazy and staying in our pajamas. With all our traveling behind us, we spend the day as a family...all six of us....and did nothing!
Later that night, a Christmas miracle came....SNOW! We've NEVER had a White Christmas!! (Look...I instinctively capitalized that...because it SHOULD be a proper noun. It's a big deal in Texas!) Our flakes arrived much later than our Dallas friends', and all day the girls were looking at their little friend pictures through texts or facebook, wondering if they would be lucky enough to have snow, too. Just before bedtime, the flakes started falling...
We bundled up so we could catch some snowflakes with our tongues and watch it for a minute....
I shuffled the girls back inside and came out again a few minutes later to find these words: Love is good. Isn't that what Christmas is all about?
1 comments:
Blake would love that globe!
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