We started the break the Friday before Christmas by spending the weekend in Danville with Jon's family. On Saturday we had a Polar Express party. We all had to wear pajamas and then go outside so we could give the conductor our ticket at the door.
Jon's dad played the conductor very well
After we got our tickets punched we went and made spritzers (I think that's what they're called.)
Jon tried his hand at it
Emma put herself in charge of tasting all the sprinkles
And Matthew just played and looked cute
After cookies, we watched The Polar Express and enjoyed our cookies and hot chocolate. It was a fun night.
Monday we had the Farrells over to our house for dinner, games, and a trip to the candy store. It was a tight squeeze but we made it work and had a lot of fun.
Tuesday me and Matthew woke up sick...cough, congestion, fever, the works. I took Matthew to the doctor and found out that he also had a really bad ear infection. Poor kid! He was so miserable. We had been planning on going to the Farrell's for Christmas eve and staying until Christmas and decided to go ahead and do it since most of the family was sick too. Since we were going to be gone Christmas morning, we had our Christmas on Christmas Eve. It was fun to watch Emma's reaction when she came out in the morning. I love that she's old enough to understand and enjoy holidays.
We got Emma this mini trampoline and it was a hit. She was so excited to jump on it. After she jumped for a minute she stopped and said, "Oh, it's perfect!"
We also got Emma this road mat with some cars and trains. She loves it. I thought she and Jon looked so cute playing together.
After we finished our Christmas and cleaned up, we headed out to Danville and spent most of the next 4 days there. We came home after present opening on Christmas and went back again the next morning. All of the siblings were home so we wanted to take advantage of that and spend as much time as we could with them. It was a bummer to be sick but we were glad we could still see everyone and enjoy our Christmas. We are feeling much better now, just fighting off these coughs.
Emma loved this little nativity
I hope you all had a Merry Christmas!
7 comments:
How cute! I hadn't even thought about a mini trampoline, but I bet it'd be a hit here, too!
Merry Christmas!
Mini Tramp looks AWESOME! What a great idea. I meant to comment on your rug as well..it looks different than the one you had when I was there. REALLY cute!
What a fun Christmas!...well minus the colds! What were those cookies I kind of remember making those with my grandma that died when I was five. I would be interrested in finding out what they were.
That all looks like so much fun (except the sickies). I wanted to make spritz cookies this year, but I can't find half of my cookie press, so I guess that will have to wait. The mini trampoline was such a great idea!
What a fun idea to have a Polar Express family party! I helped Emily's class have a Polar Express party, and it was a lot of fun. Sorry you guys have the sickies and hope you are on the mend soon. Glad you were still well enough to enjoy a great time with Jon's family for Christmas. Emma is too cute with the trampoline...
Polar Express party sounds like lots of fun! Love the cookies and Emma on the trampoline. Hope you are all feeling well soon.
The polar express party sounds so fun. It's a bummer you were sick over christmas.
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