It was great (although noisy and chaotic) to finally enjoy Christmas at home with the kids. Here are a few pictures from our Christmas activities.
Finally a decent Christmas card photo taken on a frigid night at Dutch Wonderland.
Hope's and Matt's first visit with Santa (Hershey Park).
Matt and Hope decorate a (real) tree for the first time.
Hope puts her first ornament on the tree.
The kids were very proud of their beautiful tree.
Christmas Eve breakfast with Grandmom
Opening presents Christmas Eve with Nana and Pop
Santa came!
Matt is more interested in Tim's pirates than his own gifts.
Midway through opening gifts, the 2 big kids went around the house to see if baby Jesus was in the manger now. (We have a few - Mike's mom's, my granny's, a few others that baby Jesus doesn't come out of, and a new outdoor set from Nana and Pop.) As Tim explained to Hope when they were setting up the outside nativity, "On Christmas Eve Santa will bring baby Jesus and put him in the manger. Well, I don't know why Santa would bring baby Jesus, but I can't think of any other way for him to get here." So, for now, we are going with Santa puts baby Jesus in all our mangers when he delivers gifts.