We had a great Christmas this year! It was fun to have all the kids at an age where they could enjoy and participate in the festivities. Taylor had a cheerleading christmas party with a spa theme. I went and helped do the girls' hair. They also got their faces and nails painted and their hair colored (the kind that you spray from a can). After that they had a Webkinz exchange. Taylor had an absolute blast!
Here she is with her new look and Webkinz dog named Alan (after her father, Richard Alan, of course).
We headed to my parents' house on Christmas Eve morning. But before we left we were delighted to discover that a hooligan had given us a thoughtful pre-Christmas present. He/She smashed Richard's new truck's driver's side window. Merry Christmas!!!! As we left we saw that they had done the same to another truck on the street. Little terds. We live in a nice neighborhood too. Oh well. We had a great drive there, everyone took a nap...except poor Richie (he was doing the driving!).
We had a lot of fun with my family (minus Danny/Leanne and crew). The kids always love to attack Uncle Kendal and Uncle Clark. Cooper was so funny when he opened his presents. He would rip off a little piece of paper and then run to the trash to throw it away. He is so happy to have lots of 'boy' toys now!
We then headed to Rob and Jan's for the annual Jorgenson Christmas Eve celebration. I hardly saw Dakota and Taylor, they had so much fun running around with cousins. Cooper was quite social as well so he had a good time too. Santa made his usual stop while out delivering presents. Dakota couldn't wait to get her little gift from him. After she opened it, I thought she looked upset and she told me that she had asked Santa for a Pop-n-Style cabbage patch doll...why did he get her this little thing? She thought that his stop at our party was it. She didn't get the part that he would still be stopping by our house that night. After we sorted it all out, she was very happy with her cool princess purse. :)
The kiddos and Santa (note Cooper's avoidance tactic)
We ended up driving home that night. We usually stay over at Gene/Millie's, but this year we really wanted to have Christmas morning in our new house. I'm SOOOO glad we did that. We got home by 10pm and everyone slept like a dream in their own beds. The kids were able to make a huge mess and dismantle everything since we didn't have to worry about packing it all up and taking it home.
The Pop-in-Style!!! She has wanted that thing for months...I think she has played with it once or twice since Christmas Day. I guess it's not as awesome as the commercial made it seem ;)
The Cooper-man got an awesome Lightning McQueen bike. It makes tons of cool sounds and he LOVES it! He especially likes to rev the engine.
I was stuck with a gnarly head cold for Christmas Eve/Christmas. Taylor threw up Christmas night and had a nasty flu for a day or so. Cooper had...well let's just say I was changing lots of diapers and Dakota had a low grade fever. I am basically over my cold, but Richard is starting to get it and all the kids have yucky coughs which are especially bad at night. Hopefully we will all be better soon. We had a long run of being well and I knew it had to end sometime. Just think how strong my kids immune systems will be when they grow up...
New Year's was a thrilling experience. The kids went to bed at 7. I cleaned the living room and kitchen. Richard and I cried through...I mean, watched Marley and Me and then hit the hay by 10:30. I was awoken by fireworks at midnight, so technically I saw the new year. For those of you who are disappointed by the festivities...my kids wake up at the crack of dawn, I need my beauty sleep or I cannot function in the morning.
Pictures from lately...
Outside...Coop's favorite place to be
I told Koty that I wanted to her to turn around so I could take a picture of her...she shook her booty at me instead. Little stinker.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE him!!!
Lookin' good on his bike.
Tay Tay
Koko
...and the big tough guy with his blankie under his nose (note his shoes with pajamas...he LOVES to wear shoes. Sometimes we have to hide them since they don't fit over his sleeper feet very well. Out of sight, out of mind).
