Dolls, Unicorns, and boxes

Leading up to this Christmas was quite a bit of excitement. Every day Jenna asked how many days until Christmas since she was hoping for an American Girl doll. Christmas is magic to a 7 1/2 and 5 year old (note: Matthew wandered off in the middle of opening presents so he wasn't up for it). Prior to Christmas, Sarah's preschool put on a Christmas play. Sarah had a speaking part as a sheep. She told Joseph and Mary "welcome to my home". We practiced her line quite a bit before the performance and she did great!

Sarah's Christmas program at preschool. She was a sheep

 This year Jenna's school had a "holiday party". Last year they did not have a holiday party but rather had "multicultural day".

Lame

I'm glad they didn't do that again. Instead they had a normal holiday party including a race - boys against girls to see who could put their puzzle together the fastest. It was a nail biter but the girls won!

Jenna's class

Christmas Eve I received a treat. I was supposed to work in the nursery and my friend Tricia filled in for me. So I was able to attend the Christmas Eve service.

On Christmas morning we were treated to a nice warm fire and smiles as the kids opened their gifts. Jenna did receive her American Girl doll and was ecstatic. Since the doll was so expensive it was her only present besides stocking stuffers but she didn't seem to mind. She loves the doll and named her Rose. Sarah got several presents but her favorite appears to be a barbie with a unicorn. Matthew didn't care about any of his presents and spent more time playing with boxes.

Christmas morning!

The beloved American Girl doll

Barbie and unicorn

a box

After Christmas we went to my parents house for a huge Christmas dinner. It was nice to see all my family and celebrate Christmas with them. We left the kids with them for two and a half days and took a mini-vacation ourselves! We saw the Hobbit at the Movie Tavern. I LOVE the Movie Tavern. The food is really good especially the ultimate cookie we got for dessert. It is 3 warm chocolate chip cookies with a toasted marshmallow in the center of each. Yum!

87 points on Quiddler today with a 10 point bonus!