I'm not entirely sure where 2010 went. Last thing I remember I was making cookie blobs and then it was January 1st. It was an unintentional blog hiatus, but I'm not gonna lie, I loved every minute of it. I spent it all with my people and I couldn't be more excited about the awesome family that I have.
Christmas Eve is spent with my family. My sister and brother-in-law have three boys, which always leads to some kind of throw-down battle. One year we played with those stackable cups. Another year we had a Christmas themed family-feud and we ended up having to eat an entire tv dinner that I think cost $1. Because we are a family of girls, we lost. Boys don't care if the potatoes are gritty or that there are mushy peas. They eat to win. N, while he gave it a good effort, can't eat faster than four boys.
This year I thought we should even out the field a bit. We bought all the guys and Zoe a Nerf gun. Zoe's had a laser sight on it for better aiming. I borrowed one of N's guns from a Christmas past. We had an all-out war on Christmas.
My mom was never safe and apparently an easy target. Zoe even managed to hit her in the mouth from across the living room while she was talking. She looked like she had a cigarette hanging out of her mouth mid-sentence. It was the shot of the night. N couldn't have been more proud. We took the gun battle, even being down two girls.
D & E come over on Christmas morning. Then it's a swarm of presents, paper and screams as I try to write down everything three people are opening at Olympic record speeds. I'm getting better, I think I only missed a couple things this year!
This was the first year that Zoe really got into it. She was totally okay with sitting on Santa's lap. She couldn't wait to put out milk and cookies for Santa. When I woke her up on Christmas, she asked to stay in bed a few more minutes to give Santa time to leave. She asked the man in red for a Hide-n-Seek Jojo and a new yo-yo. She's apparently been very nice this year.
D got new make-up and E got a new movie. Plus, they also got loads of gift cards. In fact they each had over $200 to go on a shopping spree. While that's not much to play with, they were totally okay about the future shopping trip. They did get some cameras, so they were busy taking pictures of themselves in the mirror.
D couldn't wait to try out her new make-up. Apparently she also got some at her mom's house. She eagerly put some on before she came over. If you think Cleopatra and then add a couple layers, you'll get an idea of what she looked like. When she got to our house she asked if we could tell she was wearing make-up. N starting laughing and I just told her, "is that what's different about you?"
When she saw she had more make-up, she immediately took to taking off her morning face and putting on her mid-morning face. You can't tell too much from this picture, but it's there. In layers!
E wanted in on the action too, but with her new coat. She said she was trying for the Alaskan look. Given her curly, wild hair, I think this is the perfect coat for her.
After hours of Jojo seeking us, D putting on her new face and E getting cozy, we had a taco bar for dinner and then this for dessert.
Isn't is beautiful. I've been going to the same bakery in town, Happy Cake Co. since my wedding. I love her cakes. Diana always does something beautiful and different. Which is amazing since this is my 5th nativity cake. She was all excited to hand-paint the wise men on this cake. Isn't it gorgeous? It wasn't so gorgeous that I couldn't eat it, but I do have like 10 pictures of it!
That was pretty much our Christmas in a nutshell. Guns and Jesus's birthday. Which, ironically, are the first two amendments in our constitution. Maybe next year we'll look at adding in a few more into our celebration.
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