The kids were ready to go at 7 AM but we insisted they waited for all of the adults to get up. They were amazed to see their stockings were filled to the brim!
We all opened our stockings.
The girls went shopping for everybody in the family and I loved to see what they thought everybody needed:
--Ella got Cindy a blinker thing she can wear when she runs and she got my dad pancake mix because she loves when he makes pancakes for her
--Laney was proud of her finds as well. She got me a plunger. Oh, how I wish I was joking but according to Jason she saw it at the store and carried it around the whole store laughing, saying my mama is gonna love this.
Me and my plunger
Once we finished the stockings it was on to the massive amount of presents
Ella's favorite gifts were her 2 wheel scooter and the glow dome
Ella's school had a shopping day where kids could pick gifts for their family.
I let her go in the room with her friend, Carly, and I had no idea what they picked.
There were even helpers there to wrap the presents.
Ella got J the post-it notes, she got me a MOM ornament, got Matthew a stuffed animal (she was later concerned that the eyes were beads and he might get hurt on them) and for Laney she got a notebook. What a fun idea!
Matthew loved the wrapping paper and playing with Laney's dolls (too true) but really loved the stand up race track he got.
Now THAT is a cute reindeer
Jason was really excited about his Ipad
Let the celebrations continue at the Willetts
Bettye did her special advent calendar again where each child picked out numbers and those numbers corresponded to either gifts, money or food. It's always so much fun!
The numbers they picked from
Then the chaos began
Laney and her sticker crown
The girls went shopping for everybody in the family and I loved to see what they thought everybody needed:
--Ella got Cindy a blinker thing she can wear when she runs and she got my dad pancake mix because she loves when he makes pancakes for her
--Laney was proud of her finds as well. She got me a plunger. Oh, how I wish I was joking but according to Jason she saw it at the store and carried it around the whole store laughing, saying my mama is gonna love this.
Me and my plunger
Once we finished the stockings it was on to the massive amount of presents
Ella's favorite gifts were her 2 wheel scooter and the glow dome
Ella's school had a shopping day where kids could pick gifts for their family.
I let her go in the room with her friend, Carly, and I had no idea what they picked.
There were even helpers there to wrap the presents.
Ella got J the post-it notes, she got me a MOM ornament, got Matthew a stuffed animal (she was later concerned that the eyes were beads and he might get hurt on them) and for Laney she got a notebook. What a fun idea!
Matthew loved the wrapping paper and playing with Laney's dolls (too true) but really loved the stand up race track he got.
Now THAT is a cute reindeer
Jason was really excited about his Ipad
Let the celebrations continue at the Willetts
Bettye did her special advent calendar again where each child picked out numbers and those numbers corresponded to either gifts, money or food. It's always so much fun!
The numbers they picked from
Then the chaos began
Laney and her sticker crown
Ella loves makeup and here is her new makeup kit
Matthew had an electronic Christmas...a phone, a musical wand.
What more could an 18 month old want?
Matthew and Pappy Stan had somebody to call
This piggy bank was painted and decorated on Christmas afternoon.
The girls couldn't wait!
The girls couldn't wait!
We were able to stop in to see my Aunt Jan and my niece, Angie
Cindy, my mom and me
The Pope family
What is this?
A family picture where almost everybody is looking??
Our last celebration was with my Grandma Jean, Uncle Fred and Aunt Nancy
The antlers reappeared on Grandpa Mike and Uncle Fred
Unfortunately we didn't get any pics of Jason's extended family--there are so many of them that it is tough to keep a camera around. There are about 30 of us there, half of those being kids, so we are just happy to leave there talking to everybody, let alone taking pics :)
Merry Christmas 2010! Here is to a great 2011!
2 comments:
Very fun! Love the plunger. :) Looks like you all had a wonderful Christmas. I still can't believe you got such a deal on that iPad. Woot!
The plunger thing cracks me up!! Oh, Laney... :) Ella looks so much older in these pictures. I think it's her new hairstyle w/o bangs. And it looked like Matthew was having a good ol' time playing with his new toys. What a great Christmas!
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