We hosted Christmas at our house again this year. My family and Mark's mom were supposed to arrive on Christmas Eve day, but we had concerns about whether or not they would make it because of an expected storm. Thankfully, they did make it and we were able to enjoy a couple of days together.
Christmas Eve we watched our church service live online, had a great dinner and then opened gifts. After the kids were in bed, there was an adult Wii bowling tournament that I heard was pretty fun.
At the end of the night, right before bed, the girls both took the "reindeer food" (oatmeal and glitter) that they made at school outside and dumped it in our yard.
The reindeer food must have worked because on Christmas morning it was gone and there were full stockings under our tree. Sadly, I was too busy making breakfast for everyone to remember to grab my camera and take pictures of the action.
Christmas day we played, wrangled toys out of boxes, and did some much needed clean up. Then I spent time getting food ready for lunch. That afternoon our company left and our girls took a much needed nap. It was pretty easy to get them to comply because they knew we had a surprise planned for later that night.
When they woke up we Skyped with some of my family that we didn't get to see in person, packed dinner for the girls to eat in the van, and headed to see Tangled.
It was another wonderful, blessed Christmas.
Merry Christmas from the Smalls! Mark, Mandy, Gracie-6, Ella-3, and Irelynn-9mos.
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