Christmas this year was AWESOME!! The kids had so much fun! Ella was at the age that she just wanted to keep opening! Once she was done opening one, she went right on to the next one without even thinking about it. Cole, on the other hand, once he opened a gift, he wanted it out of the box! He wanted to play with it right then, and when you took it away to get him to open something else...he cried...until he saw that he got to open another! It was super cute! Cole decided that the best way to open one of his gifts from the Maxfields, was to make a whole and climb in, and open it from the inside! It was hysterical! He also got a basketball goal...which was a huge hit! Ella loved everything! She can't wait for more snow so she can head out in her sled! We also decided to get Ella a big girl bed! Her crib was convertible, so we just needed mattresses and bedding! She LOVED it! She was so excited to sleep in her new bed tonight and read all of her new Fancy Nancy books! She said that is what big girls do! TOO CUTE!!
It was a lot of fun to have my whole family here with us on Christmas morning, especially since we won't be seeing all of the McGraths today, like usual. Scotts grandma is in the hospital in Chicago with a bowel perforation and some complications following surgery. So Jim, Judy, and Sally are all with her today and until she is able to go to a rehab facility to gain some strength back! We wish her a speedy recovery and can't wait to celebrate Christmas with the soon!
There is also a picture of Scott holding something up out of the kids reach! Yes, it is a pickle; a pickle ornament that is! There is some tradition, somewhere out there, that says that you are supposed to hide the pickle somehwere on the Christmas tree and whoever finds it first on christmas morning gets to open there gifts first. We always did it when I was growing up; so now we have a pickle of our own!! Gotta love passing on the tradition!
PS-if you read the Christmas Eve post and saw that Ella told Santa that she wanted a Barbie, which was news to her mommy and daddy...then you will appreciate this! She was asked how great Christmas was and her reply was "Well, I didn't get a Barbie!" So much for her not really remembering once she got a TON of other fun stuff! Go figures!!
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