Saturday, January 10, 2009

An Early Christmas - Iowa Style

We decided to do our own little Christmas before we left for Arizona, so we didn't have to pack any presents with us. When we found Palmer was cancelled Friday morning due to ice and snow, we jumped into action, and got Christmas set up before the kids woke up (at about 7 - 7:30). Reilly and Jaina got Little People sets (thank you, eBay) and a few other fun things...
Here is Reilly checking out what "Santa" brought...
And Jaina with her doll house. She looks a little dazed, because we woke her up so we could all do Christmas together...
A little more awake here.
We had the slight problem (as usual) of each child being more interested in each others' toys. That was fine, as long as they were cross-interested at the same time... Reilly's feeling a little crowded here. :)
Watching to see if Daddy truly got Crispix, or if there's something else in that box...
I think I can safely say that none of my friends got THIS for Christmas. :) (and yes, I was happy :) Don't mind poor Jaina's psycho face there... Or my tired one...

2 comments:

*Katie May* said...

looks like fun! It's funny we have to wake our kids for Christmas. I guess we better enjoy it before the start to come in at 5:00 to see if it is time :)

Reeds said...

I was wondering how you packed all your stuff for Christmas-great idea having Christmas sooner. I still haven't seen the last 3 or should I say the FIRST 3 episodes of Star Wars-I really want to but it's not really Reggie's top pick and if I watch something w/out him it's normally pretty sappy.