For as long as I can remember, we have had cake or cupcakes after dinner on Christmas Eve while we sing 'Happy Birthday' to Jesus. It's such a fun and special tradition that Charlie in particular is really fond of and such a nice reminder of WHY we celebrate Christmas. The kids were so giddy with excitement on Christmas Eve that they both actually begged to go to bed early, so our house was as quiet as a church mouse by 7:30pm.
Santa and Mrs. Claus had every intention of "not overdoing it" but honestly it's so hard. Charlie is four, Maddie is two, and they are at SUCH fun ages and have developed so many interests over the course of the last year. Santa brought Maddie lots of Frozen toys (she looooves Anna and Elsa) and Charlie was so excited for the Flyers hockey goal set and basically every Monster Truck ever made ;)
The BIG shared gift that Santa brought was a bounce house - a massive (bigger than we originally thought....) bounce house that takes up half the basement. It's a special treat to take out the bounce house for a jump sesh and we are hoping it saves our sanity over the cold winter months!
Christmas was an amazing time to step back, enjoy family, and truly be able to count our many many blessings. Hope y'all had a wonderful Christmas, too!
♥XOXO
Cozy in jammies and snuggled up in their special quilts from Nani Akita
(unrelated: Mama needs to find a tree skirt)
Happy Birthday, Jesus! This girl is HERE for it!
This guy has wanted to sing Happy Birthday every night for a few weeks after this...
Santa came!
Opening presents! They got right down to business
Sis needed no instructions whatsoever on what to do ;)
Frozen toys galore
She loves her Frozen ice castle
She plays with Anna and Elsa for literally hours a day
The BIG gift!!!
A bounce house (Yup. We cray.)
Playing together with their new toys.
Well this was a tad bigger than we pictured...
TONS of fun! Their excitement was palpable
Monster Truck arena filled with kinetic sand "dirt" (ugh- real talk: this one is kind of annoying)
Camped out under his new Flyers goal - haha
It’s hard not to want to spoil them because they appreciate everything! C & M are so sweet and light up the room. To see the world through their eyes is THE BEST! ๐๐๐
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