Christmas Morning

“Who is this big present for? It doesn’t have a name. Is it for all of us?” “You will see.”

Stockings. They all got a mini dream lite and another small gift along with candy.

Christmas breakfast was Bavarian cream butter braid.

After breakfast, the kids were sent to find puzzle pieces that would give them a clue about what was in the big box with no name. They each had four pieces to find.

Putting together the puzzle and the finished puzzle. They were confused about the picture but not as confused as when they opened the box.

They opened the big box and inside was a paper chain. “Huh, what is this.” Then Ellie found the end that said Disneyland. “Are we going to Disneyland?” “In March after the paper chain is all torn off.” We then watched some videos about Disneyland and California Adventure Park.

Using their new gifts.

The paper chain was 75 rings long and needed to be doubled over in the stairway. I added a triple ring to the bottom so they would all get to rip off a ring on the first day.

Christmas Eve

We were at church early and the kids had no one to play with so they spent their time waiting like this (all with some sort of electronic device).

Candlelight service. Nate was very concerned that Eve had a candle. She did fine with it and she only ended up with a little wax on her dress.

Pictures after service.

We always drive down candy cane lane (Pinchot street) after service.

We opened presents.

I spent about an hour or so making a paper chain to countdown the days to Disneyland. Who gets to rip off the ring each day is color coded and follows birth order. I also put a date on each ring in case we forget some days (figured it would save my sanity so I wouldn’t have to recount them).

The stockings were hung.