We have had a really lovely Christmas season this year. It's been so fun to see/help the kids find gifts for each other, and then this morning the first gifts that they chose to open were from each other, which was really touching.
Saturday was my first day of holiday, and I went to the temple and then we made salt dough ornaments in the afternoon. Mr. Brown suggested making them as memories of this year in Orlando, so we had a palm tree and a campfire and two trampoline ornaments, in addition to a tie fighter and hearts and stars and Christmas trees and a wreath. I made initials for everyone out of the remaining. We all jumped on the trampoline for awhile and played various games - we all got hurt with crack the egg and then the kids said that Mr. Brown and I were the worst ever logs because we kept kissing when we rolled into each other (but he and I thought it was a delightful game). Sunday we only had one hour of church, and we worked in the yard and had a campfire for dinner with hamburgers and peppermint peeps, which were really awful. The campfire was a lot of fun though, and we burned a bunch of the stuff that we rounded up from the yard. But not the bougainvillea trimmings!
Christmas Eve we painted our salt dough ornaments, which was also fun. Mr. Brown and Nut Brown had some fun video game together time, and we had another fire where we burned MORE yard waste and hung out. Then we came in and made up the Jerusalem dinner and cleaned up and then read the Nativity and watched the church videos. It was nice... then the kids went to bed and Mr. Brown and I filled stockings and he decorated the cereal boxes for the breakfast cereal that we bought this year for the kids. The cereal got costumes... a ninja, a caped superhero, a gorgeous model and mine was wearing a bubble wrap bikini!
This morning they woke up at about 6:30, and we got up to see their excitement over their stockings. We had a lovely leisurely time opening gifts, and eating lots of junk food (and some breakfast cereal) and spending time together. This year Mr. Brown decided that he was going to get presents for all the kids, which is very unlike him, but he did and they were so excited. Nut Brown said, "Parents give the best presents, because they know what you want." Nut Brown also spent a couple hours drawing with the pen/paper that he received from Gia, and Rose Pink made bracelets with the loom that Grandma and Grandpa sent. Bobo also loved the craft project that he got from his grandparents. (Thank you very much to all of you for your generosity.)
After presents, Mr. Brown and I worked in the yard some more, and I had my fingernails painted by Rosebud (who had some pink nail polish from Rose Pink and put at least half the bottle on my nails, her nails, and her toes) and my makeup done by Rose Pink, who got a bunch of makeup from her parents. We played Ticket to Ride with Rose Pink and Nut Brown while Bobo spent a ton of time with his new video game, and in general had a great time playing with all our new toys. Now we are making up Christmas dinner... ham and potatoes and rolls and roasted brussel sprouts and trifle for dessert. It's been a lovely day. Happy happy Christmas!
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