I am really late in blogging as usual. For Christmas this year we stayed home for the first time. I was a little anxious that the kids would not enjoy it as much. To my delight it turned out wonderful. We missed seeing our family very much but it was so nice to be home for Christmas. It was just the four of us for Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. We made cheese fondue and chocolate fondue for Christmas Eve dinner and it was delicious. After dinner we played Apples to Apples Junior and the Thimble game. The Thimble Game includes a small thimble of water being thrown on someone and when there are only 4 people playing you can get quite wet. The games were very fun. Santa Clause left the kids a reindeer and deer Webkinz at the front door for their Christmas Eve gift. We didn't do the nativity because there were so few of us but we did watch a nativity movie called Joy to the World. The kids went to bed pretty early and actually fell asleep before 9:30. I was amazed.
Talia and Tucker slept in until 7:00 a.m. on Christmas morning which was so nice. We opened our presents pretty quickly and the kids were very happy and excited with the gifts they received which made my day. Thank you to everyone who gave us gifts. We have generous family and friends and we loved our gifts. After we opened presents and the kids played with their presents for a while we made breakfast. We had Monkey Bread and it turned out great. We had a very relaxed and quiet Christmas day and just enjoyed spending time together. We also started a new tradition and went and watched a movie that Talia and Tucker were really wanting to see. After the movie we had a ham dinner with all the fixings and homemade rolls. Overall it was an excellent day and we look forward to staying home for Christmas next year. I didn't take enough pictures but there are a few.
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