Christmas 2017 at Home

My kids are now aware that Santa  is  Mom and Dad but they are still  excited to open their gifts.  They were both  have cold   last Christmas so they stayed up a little late compared to the previous years.  I decided to  take a video of them .  

We always let our Jack Russell Terrier open  their gift first.  Our other dog, Bolt is scared so Champ always do the honor to do it.  We got him this  rope that is suppose to last long but our JRT broke it in less than 10 minutes lol.

My kids left me some hints on my desk on what they want for Christmas so it was easy to buy the gifts.  Books are number one on their list, then  they have their favorite snacks and games.  Friends  also gave them some  gifts so they got busy as soon as they woke up.  I woke up around 1 am that day and couldn't go back to sleep so I just got down in the kitchen and cooked some food. 

Overall, it was a nice Christmas for all of us.  My husband got me a  new camera and I love it.  Since he is trying to get back in shape, we ordered the Bowflex Max Trainer  for us to use, well, mostly for him.  I hope that we can both achieve our  fitness goal this year.  We want to be healthy and strong as a family so we included fitness in our weekly routine of schedules.

Christmas Day 2015

The kids was part of the Christmas pageant at church so we had to leave the family gathering early.  Christmas pageant is an annual play of the  St. Joseph's students depicting the life of Jesus.  My son's part was  the  chief  shepherd.  The pageant is heald before the 6 o-clock mass.  It was a really good presentation.

 We took some photos  at home after church.  When my husband holds the camera, the photos comes in many different faces lol.

 The kids went to bed around 9 o'clock.  MY son reminded us to go to bed early so Santa wouldn't  pass our home.  Hubby and I  spent almost three hours, assembling the   gift that Santa have for the kiddos.

 We thought we will be able to sleep in on Christmas day but the kids were very excited to open gifts so they  woke us up at 6 am wahhh. I was so tired and sleepy.  When we went to the living room, all the gifts were taken out and piled up according to who it was for lol.

  It was funny, my son was  bummed out that they couldn't  find any gifts from Santa underneath the tree or anywhere in the  main house.  Santa actually left all his gifts  at the basement so I asked them to let the dogs out and they finally saw their  gifts when they  went down there.

 EJ got the  "professional" art kit that he wished  for.

 Daughter couldn't wait to see the  bean bag chair that she's been wanting for Christmas.

Her brother loved her  bean bag chair so he said he wants one for his birthday which is coming up  in three weeks.  Time flies, EJ is turning 9 years old.  Oh boy, where do the time go?

Hubby thought we didn't have  anythingwrapped for him but we were  sneaky about it.  The kids  got him somethingand I got him somethingas well.  Of all the people, we couldn't  forget  the man of the house.

 Ryestein got an artkit  from Santa as well.

 She also got her bother this nike set that we found  on sale when  she and I went shopping while the boys  watched the Star Wars movie.

 Theylove the  iPOd cases that we got for them.

Funny to hear them say "this is the best Christmas ever" every year!

 They got an air hockey from Santa.  Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus  had  a hard time putting this together lol.

 It is a great joy seeing them enjoy what Santa bring though.

 Even their Dad is having a great time playing with them.

 I hope you all have a great and merriest Christmas just like we did.  Iwish you all a  joyous new year! Shadow Shots

Christmas Eve 2014

We went to Church at 4:30  even though the mass  doesn't start at 6.  The kids had to practice for the Christmas Pageant that would occur before the evening mass.  

 The church was well decorated for Christmas.

 The fourth graders  are part of the bell choir this year, their first time participating as bell choirs.

 They were at the back so you can hardly see them.  I recorded some videos but I haven't download it yet.

 I think that they did  great  considering that it wasd their first time.

 The first grade wasn't involve in the pageant this year but hopefully they would be included next year.

 Photo opp after the mass.

 We went straight to my Father-in-law-s house after the mass.  He was resting when we arrived.  My sister-in-law said that EMT's came to the house earlier and checked on him as he wasn't feeling well.   Glad he was okay.

After an hour or so, we came home and had fun at home.  The kids went to bed early so Santa could come by and bring them surprise in the morning.  

Happy new year to all of you, thank you for being part of our fun 2014 journey!