Tuesday, February 22, 2011

2010 Christmas!!

2010 at the Whitney house! It was AWESOME!!! My family, my parents, sister, and Uncle Russ all came to our house for Christmas. What a great time we had! Joe and I made our world famous steak and shrimp k'bobs! They were delicious and NONE were left over! haha...

The kids got to stay up about an hour later than usual, they were just too excited to go to bed. The kids and I made cookies and set out a glass of milk for Santa. Then we put the "Santa Key" on the front door so he could get inside since we dont have a chimney. Then they reluctantly went to bed after Joe read "The Night Before Christmas". And, of course, having to explain to them that Santa wont come if they are awake!

Once they were down, us adults watched a movie (I cant recall which one) and went to bed.

5:00 AM - "mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom....get up mom." I slowly rolled out of bed as the kids walked to the other side of the bed:

5:02 AM - "dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad, dad...get up dad." haha...Joe and I got up and sent the kids to go jump on grandma and grandpa. We all headed downstairs - OH MY GOODNESS!!! Santa came!!! And he brought A LOT of stuff with him! Kaleb's eyes grew to the size of saucers as he noticed the brand new bicycle fully assembled and waiting to be ridden! The kids woke up Uncle Russ and Katie and we began the opening!! It was a blast, they got soo much stuff!!

Kaleb - a new bike, a leapfrog with some games, a new learning letters laptop, movies, an outdoor vest with all sorts of bug catching items, a buzz lightyear snuggie, a new comfy little chair, a big buzz lightyear doll, and lots and lots more!

Cameron - a little girls dream doll set up (3 dolls, a crib, a swing, a play pen, a high chair, play bottles, and more), she got a little mechanical "lifelike" baby bear, play costume jewelery and high heals, fake make up, a learning laptop, a comfy little chair, an indoor/outdoor play tent, and much more!

After the opening of presents, came the OPENING of presents. Poor Joe and my mom sat there patiently unwiding twist ties, and biting all forms of plastic to open the items, the kids had a blast! Then I began cooking dinner! We had prime rib (cooked to perfection if I do say so myself), dinner rolls, potatoe cassarole, salad, deviled eggs, cheese cake, pumpkin pie, and more! It was DELICIOUS!

Then - Joe and I were talking about how disappointing we remembered the evening of Christmas being, because there is nothing left to "wait for", well not for another whole year - so we let the kids have a slumber party. They set up their tents in Camerons room, each made a bed in one (with a tent tunnel connecting the two) and all their toys. They were told they had to go to the bedroom at 8:00 like normal but didnt have to sleep until they passed out! And we let them play until they couldn't play anymore! At about midnight Joe and I went and checked on them, like little angels they were both tucked into their beds fast asleep!!

PHOTOS: So, I did really bad at taking photos! We were hosting and cooking and opening presents and I didnt get to taking as many pictures as I would have liked, but I did get some: