I hope you had a Merry Christmas. If you celebrate I hope all of your Christmas wishes came true. If you don’t celebrate I hope you enjoyed a quiet day at home alone drinking tea and watching movies (that is what I would do).
We were busy. The kids are still recovering from such a big change in their schedules. So am I, actually. We spent the Sunday before Christmas to Christmas at noon at my parents. After that we headed to John’s parents house for the night. They live in Des Moines, so we were able to spend Christmas night in our own house.
We went to church on Christmas Eve. The kids were actually good, thanks to the fancy coloring books I picked up in a panic an hour before mass when I realized I forgot to pack their quiet toys. Shockingly we remembered to take a family picture after church.
Elliot wore his Harvey cardigan.
The kids got what they asked Santa for. For Audrey that was an alarm clock and a stuffed unicorn. Santa brought her the unicorn of her dreams (and my nightmares). Kathleen made Audrey a unicorn horn, so she has taken to wearing the unicorn horn and carrying her unicorn around with her.
Elliot never had a straight answer for what he wanted. He asked for “nothing” when he was feeling especially scared of Santa. He also asked for red presents. He got a red tractor. He is a big fan of tractors. He loved showing it to my Dad.
I didn’t take many pictures this year (most in this post were taken by Kathleen). I think that is because I was too busy shoving fudge into my mouth. I’m sad Christmas is over, but I’m delighted to have the treats out of my house.
Now on to the New Year. Where does the time go?
mildlygranola 
Sounds like a great time was had by all:) I love the unicorn horn! What a great idea.
Our Christmas was quiet. I like it that way:)
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Thank you for taking quiet toys to church. I always try to be very patient with parents with children at the Christmas Eve service, but this year, there were kids two rows ahead playing with their plastic cars on the pew (fine) who kept knocking them off onto the hardwood floor once a minute (very annoying).
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Even with the toys Elliot did announce “Oh, they stopped” every time the music stopped. I was thankful we were in the back pew.
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I would have laughed if some well-dressed executive like Elliot had said that at church. 🙂
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What a beautiful family you have.
I have been shoving treats in my mouth as well, mostly cookies. I look forward to them being gone.
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I’m so glad she likes the unicorn horn. I thought it might look too much like a party hat!
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She loves party hats too, so it is a bonus feature in her opinion.
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That sounds like a lovely Christmas! Nice that you got to spend time with both families, and that the kids got what they were wishing for!
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Aww what an awesome family photo you got!
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