We had a wonderful, relaxing, and fun Christmas this year. One of the fun things we did was to draw names for one another and then make a gift for that person. On Christmas Eve we gave each other the gifts. So let me back up for a minute. Christmas Eve: For dinner we had mashed potato soup, a recipe I found on a food blog, it was pretty good, we also had a cheese ball with crackers and chips and dips.
After dinner we had a Christmas program. This was Steph's idea. We used to always have a Christmas programs at Mom and Dad's house on Christmas Eve. I guess we'll start doing it at our house now. Everyone was in charge of thinking of something to do for the program. We started with youngest to oldest. Steph played some Christmas songs on the viola for us. This was a real treat because she NEVER plays in front of us. Nicole said she never got the memo about the Christmas program but she found a poem (Robert Frost I think) to read for us. Erica read us a short Christmas story called Christmas is for Love. ( it was a tear jerker) I played a song from the Forgotten Carols and tried to emphasize and enforce the meaning of it, it was I Cannot Find My Way. I love that song. And finally, Steve surprised us all by purchasing gifts so we could play the traditional ( it was my mom's favorite game) "present game". The program was a lot of fun. It will now be something we do every year.
After the program we played a game, everyone got 3, $1.00 bills pinned on their shirt. Then we had 2 "taboo" words that couldn't be said, they were "present" and "christmas", and every hour we added another word to the "do not say" list. If you got caught saying one of the words then the person that caught you gets one of your $1.00 bills. We played this for 2 hours, it was fun but after 2 hours you get a little sick of trying to focus on not saying the words. You really did have the potential of "earning" $15.00. But, in the end, everyone ended up with $3.00. It was something different to do. Here are the pictures from our money game.
Erica looks pretty excited about it don't ya think?
Nicole getting her money. I can imagine what she's thinking, "well, this is awkward".
Steph and her money. I'm sure she's excited about the potential of snagging $15.00.
So, then we were ready to open the presents from one another. They had to be gifts you made. So Steve had Erica, he put together a photo album for her with little notes he'd written just for her tucked in every so often. It was very cute.
Next I had Nicole. I made her a sign that said "Dance Like No One Is Watching". I think she liked it.
Seriously, sometimes Nicole does dance like no one is watching. haha. We love it.
Erica had Steph. She drew a colored pencil on canvas of some flowers for Steph to put in her room. And Erica and I made Steph a necklace.
Steph had me. She crocheted me a scarf to wear while I'm walking in the mornings and mod podged this cute star shaped box with paper.
I am ABSOLUTELY SICK about the fact that we don't have pictures of Steve on here. He is always the one taking pictures cause he has a snazzy camera that I don't know how to use. That's my goal this year, more pictures of Steve. He's way more photogenic than I am.
(Problem solved. I just took a picture of Steve holding the gift that Nicole gave him)
So, Nicole had Steve. She gave him a binder filled with stories and pictures that she had written since she was in kindergarten. They were so cute. One night Steve and I laid in bed and looked through the binder, it was so much fun, it brought back a lot of memories of when Nic was younger.
After all the games and presents we worked on a puzzle then played games then had some ice cream. It was a fun Christmas Eve night.
2 comments:
Awwwww! This makes me wish that we were there for Christmas with you! It looks like you had so much fun!!!
Maybe this year you could come for Christmas. That would be so much fun. You'd have to bring a lot of stuff though.
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