THE FAMILY. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. ~Erma Bombeck

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Christmas 2011

This year the kids had a great Christmas.  
 The first one awake (if you don't count Mia getting up at 1am and going back to bed) was Cole.  He had to wait for all the other kids to wake up before he could open his presents.  Mia didn't wake up until 7:30am, which is unheard of for her.  When Mia woke up we let them open their presents from Santa, even though Ella slept until 8:30.




 Mia got a camera, roller skates, and a sewing machine.  Cole got roller blades, a ripstick, and lots of Bey Blades.  Luke got two Playmobil sets, BeyBlades and a new scooter.  And Ella got a baby doll and a new toy kitchen.



 I took this picture just before we opened the rest of the presents under the tree.





It was an incredible Christmas.  The kids love this time of year and we were lucky enough to all be together.

Mia took these pictures later in the day with her new camera.



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3 comments:

Jill said...

Oh I love all these pictures. Especially the one of Ella kissing her baby doll and the one Mia took of her rollerskates on her feet. Hilarious!

1:30 PM
Dixie said...

What a great Christmas those kids had. I love the way Ella loves her babydoll!

7:11 PM
Karen and Crew said...

Wow, Ella is getting big! She has looks older and wiser playing with her new stroller.

4:06 AM

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