Scenes from Christmas
December 25, 2009
Tracking Santa’s flight on the computer. One of the best things about having children spread over a wide age range is the opportunity to see your older ones be genuinely sweet to the youngest ones. To get excited for them. To play along to all things Santa.
At our house Santa got a vodka and cranberry.
It was so windy yesterday that both of the trees blew over and the wreath blew off the front door. Unlike the snowmen donuts I chased the wreath down and hung it back up.
At o’ dark thirty Christmas morning.
The aftermath.
One of the toys that Miles had to have. A toy which will be broken and/or discarded never to be looked at again in a week.
It isn’t Christmas until you give yourself some tattoos. It’s like a holiday tradition.
It was an iPhone, iTouch, iPod, Ninetendo Christmas. My daughter’s craptastic must have present of the season… Pixos.
My daughter doing her Amy Winehouse impression. For the record that is a tiny bottle of 7Up flavored jellybeans.
And then on to the homemade pizza. New life, new traditions. We also had crack. If you haven’t made that recipe you should click over and make it now. No, really. I’ll still be here when you copme back.
Jingle bell hair ties.
Rootbeer floats, the movie Elf, a glass of wine. The perfect ending.
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That looks wonderful! Merry Christmas!
December 25th, 2009 at 11:56 pmMerry Christmas!
December 26th, 2009 at 12:03 amThat was lovely! My girls are too big to get excited now, so I really enjoyed that reminder of how it used to be. It’s great to see that you appreciate while you’ve still got it. Thanks for sharing.
December 26th, 2009 at 12:10 amWonderful pictures, looks like you guys had a great Christmas!!!
December 26th, 2009 at 12:32 amMerry Christmas. Looks like it was a wonderful day.
December 26th, 2009 at 12:36 amMerry Christmas to you and your beautiful family!
You write something that makes me laugh out loud at least once a week. Thanks for your great posts.
December 26th, 2009 at 5:00 amMerry Christmas! Er, Boxing Day, I guess. Your tree is gorgeous.
December 26th, 2009 at 9:40 amThis year we moved 800 miles from our home and we did this just 6 weeks ago. We did put up a tree (first time ever) and I only bought one present. My 15 yr. old wanted an IPod Touch and that is what he got. Now I want one! Sounds like you had a great Christmas.
December 26th, 2009 at 10:35 amGreat photos. Put an elf hat on Miles in the first pic, and he’d look exactly like Kirby the elf-dentist in the old Rudolph show.
December 26th, 2009 at 10:37 amLooked like a darn fine day!
December 26th, 2009 at 10:40 amI love the optical illusion where your Flat Stanley son is squeezed between the dining room table and the window….lol.
Happy day after too.
Sounds like a fabulous Christmas! Love the peeks into life in your home. We put out the same cookies for Santa, but forgot the hard stuff (which she/he could have really used) — seeing as bedtime was 3am! Love the picture of *Amy* - lol! and the streaming sunshine upon the children.
December 26th, 2009 at 11:10 amHappiest New Year to you and yours!!
Merry Christmas!!!!!
December 26th, 2009 at 11:52 amLove all the pics,especially The Aftermath. My living room still looks a bit like that. Damn.
December 26th, 2009 at 11:57 amWell what a nice day! And I went to the ‘Crack’ receipe - look how little Miles was!
Happy 2010!
December 27th, 2009 at 12:06 amMerry Christmas Love the photos’s we were at the Schmidt’s last night and your family is truley missed by all. Here’s to a good new year. Happy 2010
December 27th, 2009 at 11:11 amChris, thank you for so graciously sharing another year of your life. I look forward to each and every one of your posts. Next year I want to come to your house for Christmas–crack, homemade pizza AND rootbeer floats–it just does NOT get any better than that. I wish you and yours the all the best in 2010.
December 27th, 2009 at 1:49 pmFIRST!!!
I think rootbeer floats will be a new tradition for us. And Elf. And we didn’t do NORAD as the 8yo didn’t go to bed until 3:30am and I couldn’t figure out how to explain the non-appearance of Santa while NORAD showed him overhead…
Looks like a lovely Xmas at your haus.
December 27th, 2009 at 2:20 pmMy second daughter wanted Pixos, too. And I foolishly got them for her. Now, I’m fishing them out of child #4’s mouth on a regular basis. Thank god they’ve changed the formula so that it doesn’t kill kids any more. I can guarantee I won’t be buying any refills for the toy.
Happy New Year!
December 27th, 2009 at 2:31 pmCrack is my New Years tradition!
December 27th, 2009 at 4:52 pmAmy Winehouse impression. That’s funny! Happy New Year to you all.
December 28th, 2009 at 12:57 amOoh! That ‘crack’ sure looks good. I’ll be making it on New Years Eve. We don’t even have any plans yet, but I’m sure it will be put to good use! Thanks for including the picture of the aftermath at your house - so glad to know we aren’t the only ones who don’t ‘clean as we go.’
December 28th, 2009 at 9:38 amSanta got stuffed jalapenos and Czech beer here - we’re anything if not multi-cultural. We got snowed in - a first for us in North Texas.
December 28th, 2009 at 4:24 pmWhat do you think of Miles Pop the Pig game? I know a 14 yr old girl that requested only ONE gift for Christmas–that game. It looks like your first Christmas in TX was wonderful.
December 29th, 2009 at 10:08 amOh I just LOVE the “aftermath” photo. Classic.
December 29th, 2009 at 12:03 pmAwww! What a merry Christmas indeed! And is that The Husband in the aftermath pic?!
December 29th, 2009 at 2:39 pmAnd a good time was had by all, it looks like!!!! Glad you had a merry Christmas! Couldn’t help notice the Batman pj’s on Miles. My little M (same age) has them and they came with a cape–which he HAS to have!!!!
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:14 pmI had that first moment of sweetness this year as well, as my 16 year old helped my 7 year old bake and set out cookies and milk for Santa. Made my heart cry out from the sweetness of it!
January 3rd, 2010 at 5:58 pmI love the photo of Miles and the present he HAD to have… there are two kinds of presents - the wow factor w/immediate gratification and the long term presents they’ll actually play with - usually not the same - but both equally important on Christmas and birthdays (okay the nert CS 35 probably hit both for my boys - I finally caved on the whole gun thing…) Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I miss you when i don’t read you.
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:51 pm