Call me Scrooge, but it's all over around here. The tree is down, the decorations are put away and the house is cleaned up. Believe it or not, this is one of the things I look forward to the most about Christmastime; the putting it behind us and looking forward to the new year and a fresh beginning! But not before a quick recap of the highlights here:
It was a pretty exciting change to finally have a place to hang our stockings over a fireplace! Five years ago, I made four stockings thinking how long it would be before I actually needed all four (at the time Joel was just a baby). Now, it seems like I just made them!
One of my favorite Christmas traditions at our house is Christmas morning brunch. Honestly, I could take or leave Christmas eve dinner. What I really look forward to is the brunch the next day! Spinach quiche, fruit, yogurt and granola parfaits, bacon, orange cranberry muffins and grape juice. Mmmmm.
The kids were pretty pumped to see what they got on Christmas morning.
Merr got a horse and doll, among other things.
Norah got fifth's disease for Christmas. (High fever, rash covering her body, and sleepless pain filled nights)
Jack got the Bat Cave and Joel got a track with remote control cars.
Both boys have been pretty obsessed with super heroes lately. They get on their super hero costumes (paper cut out masks, towels tied around them for capes, underwear over their pants, boots, gloves, etc). They even call Norah "Super Girl" and have dressed her up a couple of times! Anyway, lately there has been a little evolution and the boys call them their "Super Duper" costumes. pretty funny.
Well, my Mom made the boys capes for Christmas and Matt and I made some masks out of felt. It was a pretty big hit.
After the opening, we went to Morgantown for Christmas dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Malone. What a fun Christmas!
Merry Christmas, Everyone!!
