Sunday, January 6, 2013

Christmas 2012

This year for Christmas, we stayed at Grandpa and Grandma Owens' house.  We enjoyed a long weekend and spent time playing with our cousins, watching for deer in the backyard (Grandpa feeds them so there are ALOT to watch), and tearing poor Grandma's house apart :)  We spent Christmas Day with Grandma and Grandpa Ploeger, and then came home to celebrate our own family Christmas. We had so much fun opening all of our presents, but were very tired once it was all over.  We got to spend a few days at home with mommy since daycare was closed, so it was a nice lazy week.
Some highlights from this Christmas include:
~Getting to church on Christmas Eve a few minutes before it started and the only open seats were the very front row.  All 5 kids did great and behaved very well (with the exception of Noah throwing a small fit because he wanted to play with Elliot's teething ring)
~Elliot missing out on his first Christmas present opening because he just couldn't stay awake one minute longer.
~The weather was SO cold that we had to stay inside the whole time.
~Both sets of Grandparents spoiled us so much with presents...the car was so full on the way home that there was barely room for us.
~Noah came into the dining room on Christmas Day with his pants down to his ankles and yelled that he 'needed help'
Elliot was scared of the tree right away.  His fears quickly faded
 and it became his favorite place to get into mischief.  
Noah decorated the whole tree himself this year
'It's okay Elliot, it's not scary."
Favorite thing to do every morning....look at new
presents that were added under the tree.   
Playing at Grandma's house 
Trying to get the perfect 'brother' picture 
Looking for deer
Noah watching movies with Papa Larry 
Elliot getting into everything at Grandma's house 
Pre-church snack
Noah's not happy that Hunter's DS doesn't work 
Using Grandma's stool as a walker
Family Picture
Trying again for that brother picture
Cousins
It's just not meant to be.... 
Noah's excited over his flying Lighting McQueen
Everyone working together to open presents
Elliot opening presents the next morning
 (with a lot of help from Noah)
Getting a ride from Grandma Patty
Noah helping Papa Randy sort presents
Noah helping Papa Randy sort presents

New beanbag (not too bad for a picture)
New bus....not sure who likes it more

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