Merry Christmas from the Nixes!
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| kids arranged their nativity figures |
Santa was so fun this year! We have a rule at our house: Santa brings three gifts (to reinforce the true meaning of Christmas AND to try and contain the chaos). James got an ipad, the game Guess Who and a Star Wars origami book--it looks small, but was a huge hit! James has asked for an ipad for about two/three years, so he was so excited to see it Christmas morning. He kept saying he felt like he was dreaming b/c he couldn't believe he actually had an ipad.
Natalie received a dollhouse, a hula hoop and these bead things that you iron.
Luke only asked for one thing: Legos (Lego Yoda, Lego Batman, Lego helicopter, etc.). Santa wanted to broaden his interests and thought a Thomas the Train table would be a good idea......Luke has yet to warm to the gift. (He also received Legos and a Lego helicopter set). He played with it briefly, but has spent more time playing dollhouse with Natalie
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| Luke's reaction to the train table |
He even preferred a box with "pop pop" to the train table
After a morning of playing, unwrapping and playing some more, he loaded up in the new car (Suburban, which was a life saver on this trip) and headed to MS!
Outtakes from Christmas Eve mass: (Mom made James a bow tie out of the same fabric as Luke's pants, and she mailed it the Monday before Christmas. I was convinced it had been lost in the mail b/c at Christmas Eve we still didn't have a bow tie--or a back up outfit. Well, we had planned to attend 3:00 Christmas Eve mass, but for some reason we couldn't get it together. So as we were loading up to go to 5:30 mass, Brad picked up the package that was just delivered, and it contained the bow tie!)
