Despite our best efforts to keep Christmas this year cheap and simple, the kids still got spoiled! Gabe got a big train that goes around the tree and a race car ramp, and several games and other trains. Elisa won the award for most presents...she got clothes, shoes, a dress-up Minnie Mouse, dollys, a tea set, pom-poms, and a doll house! I won the award for the best presents...I got a new sewing machine, a nice hair straighter, a long skirt, and lots of chocolate! Erik won the award for the least amount of presents, mostly because I only got him one thing (a personalized cup bought off of Etsy). I never know what to get that guy that is budget-friendly.
We had a delicious Christmas dinner/lunch which we enjoyed for the next couple of days. We enjoyed visiting and the kids especially had fun! They enjoyed doing puzzles with Grandma, hanging out with Aunt Makayla, and crawling onto Grandpa's lap during meals. Elisa cried when everyone was dropped off at the airport, though I think she probably thought she was going with them. Silly girl.
Here are some pictures:
Happy as a kid on Christmas day!
Pom-poms from Santa, aka Goodwill
Pretty girl!
Opening her Minnie Mouse cash register from Aunt Lisa
Happy to get some Lalaloopsy dolls, even if they were homemade and gimpy.
What girl doesn't love shoes?
Gabe's present to Grandma. We meant to make her something from Elisa, but I suck at getting things done...
The next day we walked around the Kemah boardwalk pier and enjoyed some Starbucks caramel apple cider
A couple days after Christmas, we went to see the Dickinson lights. They were neat, free, and had a lot of lighted-trains that Gabe liked, but a lot of the lights were out; Then we went to a restaurant and sat outside in the cold to eat because they were busy inside and nobody had any better suggestions and I was starving.
We had a great time during the Christmas holiday, but I don't think Makayla and Grandma posed very well for the pictures!!
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