Jon and I were really enjoying Selah's new Rainbow Aquadoodle, so of course, Chad had to snap a picture.
Eric and Sarah brought over Kitty, decked out in her Holiday Fashions.
Sarah and Eric seem more impressed with that dalmatian that barks Christmas songs (very annoying) than Selah was. She kept looking at it like "What the heck is that?!?!"
Elianna looks shocked at all the gifts!! Hey, with 9 people the stuff piles up...
Papa let Selah try out his swiveling hunting seat.
Selah, the Cuddle Bug.
Elianna's new camera, which we practically have to surgically remove from her hands. Anyone who has had a camera around her knows she is quite the shutterbug anyway, so this gift was a huge hit. You can check out Grandma's blog to see her post of Elianna's view of the world. (She let her use her camera to take pics around the house.) It's pretty cool seeing things from a two-year-old's perspective!
Playing with her new cash register.
Mommy helping Selah open gifts. Normally, Elianna helps, but she was too enthralled with her own presents.
A rare picture of Daddy. This Christmas, Daddy took over camera duty, so for once there are a ton of pics of me, and only a couple of Daddy!!!
Elianna modeling more of her Bridalware. I got her a wedding dress (on clearance for $4 after Halloween - go me!) and my mom made her this beautiful veil and bought her satin gloves and two bouquets. (Yes, two. She's catching on to this whole "sisters fighting over toys" thing.)
Mom trying out her mixer cover... Yes, it fit.
For some reason, Elianna decided to go lay down amongst all our loot. Yes, this is everyone's presents all mixed up together with all the wrapping paraphernalia. Papa H, this picture is for you! At Chad's family, gift opening is very calm and orderly. (His dad is an ex-Marine, if that tells you anything.) Each gift is opened one at a time, and all the attention must be on the person opening the gift. Oh, and it is a serious crime to open any packaging or read any information on your gift, you must simply open it and then go on to the next person, cleaning up the wrapping paper behind yourself. Needless to say, here at my family's it is the diametric opposite. The only calm time is as we are passing all the presents out, then everyone viciously attacks their pile in no particular order. We attempt to go one at a time, but even that gets blurred a bit. We watch each other to some degree, but for the most part it is a frenzied free-for-all. So, my kids get the best of both worlds, and they seem to like aspects of both methods!! We couldn't help but laugh at the mess we made, and pictured Chad's dad curled up in a fetal position or yelling at us all to drop and give him 50.
4 comments:
Ok the talk of Dad is just hillarious!!
Yeah, G-ma called me and said she thought that was pretty funny. (And accurate.) The only person who HAS NOT said it was funny, however, is your dad!!! Hopefully I didn't tick him off... Come on, Paw, I'm just teasin ya!!! ;0)
Don't fool yourself he probably doesn't know anything about the post!
Normally, no he wouldn't think to check... however my darling husband CALLED him and told him to read it! Tattle-tale.
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