Mom made her famous Cheese Soup, we baked potatoes in the crock pot, and Ryan smoked a brisket! Yes, we will probably be burned out on smoked stuff soon enough, but not yet.
They got over around 2:00 and we immediately started opening gifts. Hazel still hasn't figured out how to open things but luckily Hagen was there to open them for her! He would be so cute and say, "Hazel, look! Aww how sweet Hazel...it's a baby!" and stuff like that. I think he was actually more excited for her to get her gifts than he was for his own!! Mom and Dad got him the V-tech tablet and he loves it. I'm hoping it will keep him off our iPad. Most of their things they get the kids is for us to put out from Santa...HUGE help!! They truly don't care if it is known to be from them...
After we ate, the kids got in their Christmas PJ's, Hagen put out the cookies (SO STALE) he made last week, put out the reindeer food, and then they cozied up to Papa on the couch and read "Twas the Night Before Christmas"...Hazel even sat still!Mom got this book and dog thing that is SO cute. Her and Hagen were reading it together. At certain words/phrases in the book the dog barks, growls, squeeks, whatever. It is so cute!!
Hazel went to bed at 6:45 and Hagen said he was ready for bed too! So around 7:00 all the toys from the attic were being put out. It was nice having Mom and Dad there to see what all the got for the kids! I do the shopping and so most of the stuff they don't see. Dad was on teepee duty, Mom was on stocking duty, I was on arrangement duty, and Ryan was putting together random toys. We were done in NO time! We didn't have any really hard to put together things this year!
Dad told me one year after we went to bed he had to put together a swing set. The box said "3 easy steps!" Well, step one was to bolt the 1,000's of bolts together...he said it was a nightmare.
Hazel went to bed at 6:45 and Hagen said he was ready for bed too! So around 7:00 all the toys from the attic were being put out. It was nice having Mom and Dad there to see what all the got for the kids! I do the shopping and so most of the stuff they don't see. Dad was on teepee duty, Mom was on stocking duty, I was on arrangement duty, and Ryan was putting together random toys. We were done in NO time! We didn't have any really hard to put together things this year!
Dad told me one year after we went to bed he had to put together a swing set. The box said "3 easy steps!" Well, step one was to bolt the 1,000's of bolts together...he said it was a nightmare.Thanks Mom and Dad for once again a wonderful Christmas. We loved having you over and look forward to our "Eve" day in 2 more years!!
Love,
Carrie
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