Christmas 2017 {Part Two}

We kicked off our Christmas Eve Morning by opening up the rest of our Christmas packages from Derek's family. First up was our package from BooBoo (Derek's mom). Hadley's new purse & Shelby's kitchen science kit were the biggest hits from this package, and I think those two gifts tell you a LOT about the girls' personalities! The other big hit of the package was our annual allotment of Mouse Nut cookies--Brady had his first taste this year, and he is a BIG fan!

 

 

{Another goodie from BooBoo's box--a real life version of Ring the Gak from Dr. Seuss's One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish}



 

 

Next up was our boxes from Aunt Maleah, Uncle Lucas, Elly, and Leland! The biggest hit from this package was the girls' first Hatchimals experience. The girls had never seen/had a Hatchimal before, but they're all in now. We had to go to Target yesterday to make a quick return & pick up some cold medicine and bananas. The girls decided to use some of their own money to buy more Hatchimals.

 

 

{This picture is one of my favorites! It's a rare genuine smile captured on camera, and you can tell she's finally feeling better too!}



{Brady totally got how to open presents this year! It took him a while to get each one open, but he did it! He was at such a fun age this Christmas!}

 

 

After opening gifts, we rode bikes for a bit and then made cookies for Santa during Brady's nap. We made homemade sugar cookies this year and let the girls ice them and put on sprinkles. We ended up with around 40 cookies, and I told Derek he was going to have to take some into work on Wednesday b/c there was just so many..but somehow they all managed to get eaten by the day after Christmas! ;)  They were yummy!!

 



{I snapped a quick pic of all 3 kiddos before we did our annual advent tradition of unwrapping one Christmas book before bed each night in December & playing with our train. This picture is in front of our "card tree" in the master bedroom.}

 



{Just like the day before, Brady was attempting to pose for the camera...who does he think he is?!} 

 

 

Next up is Christmas Day! :)