Christmas Day

Christmas morning is a lot of fun. Watching the kids get new stuff and enjoying themselves is always neat.

First thing in the morning, we went out to the front room and got our stockings. Josh and Emily were super impressed. Jessie was not so much. Maybe next year. Somehow, this is the only picture we got from the Christmas morning presents. Oops! It was super cold that morning, so it was really nice to be right next to a hot fire. Emily was just happy to be getting some new things. Can you tell?

Look at all that snow we got on Christmas Eve! This, by the way, is not a toy tractor. It is quite big. And the snow drifts are practically covering the equipment attached to the back.

Granny pulled out a box of old Legos. Josh had such a great time putting them together. Especially when Granny was helping him out. He spent a long time putting these things together, even after no one was helping any longer. I think we've found a great toy for his 5th birthday... which is not the one coming up in a couple weeks.

I debated whether to post this picture, as it may be a little embarrassing to Josh as he gets older, but I wanted to make sure it ended up in the blog. Emily got a box of Tinkerbell and friends costumes for Christmas, and I let Josh dress up when Emily did. It was a little disturbing to look at. He really is a handsome boy, but not such a pretty fairy, don't you think? Emily, on the other hand is a very pretty Tinkerbell.

A small story to go with this in the blog book. We went back to the bedroom we were staying in, and Emily decided she wanted to get into her new play clothes. So, I helped her get changed. Then, I asked Josh if he wanted to get dressed up too. It was strange that he hadn't jumped in on his own, but once invited, there was no holding back. They both got totally decked out, and wanted to go show it off to everyone else in the house. Of course, no one else knew what we'd been up to, so when we got out there, everyone just burst out laughing. And lots of pictures were snapped. Josh was such a good sport, and just stood there posing for all the pictures with his little sister. It was definitely amusing.

A little later, we decided to take advantage of all this snow, and went out to play with the sleds. Emily was apprehensive, but once we got going, she loved every minute. Until she fell out of the sled on her face... at which point she wanted to go inside. I think it just surprised her how cold it really was.

Both the kids got to ride on sleds at the same time getting pulled behind their fun aunt Katie. Pictured above is the beginning of one of the "good" falls Emily had.

As you can see here, falling on her back didn't bother her one bit.

Josh enjoyed falling off the sleds as well. It was a lot of fun to watch.