Christmas

Note to self - Next year for Christmas:

*Open Christmas jammies at Thanksgiving to wear all month!

*Choose just a couple nice thoughtful presents for each kid.

*New outfit for Mackayla. She only got socks clothing-wise this year and it was her favorite gift! (?!)

*Keep an envelope of Christmas receipts. They are still laying all over my house x(

*Our elf's handwriting on his notes may have to change next year as the kids get more observant.
(Sometimes our elf is cool, sometimes he is not:)
I don't even know the actual rules for this elf craze. We have our own rules, including that we can touch our elf and he doesn't come to our house until 12 days before Christmas.)

*Kids can open their stockings before we get up!
I left this note for Cody in his room but he thought it was from the ELF and didn't want to get in trouble so he didn't go down! He said he woke up around 4:30!

I liked that we had a nice dinner on Christmas Eve and then finger foods on Christmas Day while we played with new stuff. Next year we will have to have dinner earlier so we have more time for everything after on Christmas Eve. We also spent some relaxing, fun time at our friends' house Christmas day.

Some things I loved this Christmas:

*Handmade gifts from cousins.

*Seeing the kids excitement.
*Facetiming with grandparents to open presents.
*My brothers gift of movies for us and the kids.

*Cody's reaction to his santa gift of Zoomer Dino. We debated whether or not we cared if he got his santa request and decided to get it. Santa is still real real this year.

*Crosland Family Rock CD. Let's make it annual ;)

*Eating SCONES Christmas morning!
*Going to the beach on Christmas Eve Day.
We timed it just right for low tide again to go through the cave.

Merry Christmas!!