Done for another year

We had a great Christmas! We had a Christmas Eve miracle when Robert got off work at about 4:30 instead of 8:00 like he was originally supposed to. :) So that was nice. We spent Christmas Eve at my brother and sister-in-laws house just hanging out. The kids played Chutes and Ladders and we watched Christmas Vacation. Grandma and Grandpa got the kids the book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" along with a Grinch and Max stuffed animal. Emily became weirdly obsessed with the Grinch this year so it was a fun surprise for her.

Once we got home Emily was super excited to open her jammies from Robert's parents. She was so willing to open Chase's as well. They looked super cute! Then it was time to put out the milk and cookies for Santa and get to bed.

Chase got fruit snacks in his stocking and pretty much didn't care about anything else.









How cute is this boy?! I just love him.

All of our various families came over throughout the day.


Emily got a Sleeping Beauty dress from Santa. When she opened it she said, "It's just what I wanted!" She was never very consistent with what she wanted from Santa. On Christmas Eve I asked her what she wanted Santa to bring her and she said a snowglobe. Huh?

Emily loved her easel.

Chase loved the boxes.


The day after Christmas we had a fun family dinner with Robert's family. We opened presents, read our letters from Robert's dad, and played the candy bar game. Cottrell family tradition! And of course we had to get a picture with all the cousins in their Christmas jammies!




We had a great Christmas but I would be lying if I said I was sad to see it go. I could not WAIT to take the tree down. I'm surprised it even made it to Christmas Day. The kids would just not leave it alone. It drove me crazy on a daily basis. :) I guess we'll see how next year goes. Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!