Christmas 2011

Christmas Eve morning I made reindeer pancakes, which Carter thought was great but Kara didn't want her picture taken. :)

We went to church and then headed over to my moms for our traditional Swedish dinner. Then, we started opening the mound of gifts. Earlier that week Kara had wrapped gifts for her baby, so she helped Bitty open her books. (She was so excitied to open those!).

I made myself a gift from the kids. :) The sign that now hangs in our laundry room reads:

This home runs on love, laughter and lots of sonic drinks. If you know me, then you know that when they built the sonic by our house I became a frequent drinker. So frequent that not only do I know the ladies that work at sonic but my kids know them and the ladies know us. (All by name). So, this sign is PERFECT for me and very true. :)

Kara got new green shoes, which is her favorite color. Carter got a TON of transformer stuff from Grandma and he loves them!

When we got home from Grandma's we threw the magic reindeer food that Elfie had left us and of course put out cookies and carrots for the reindeer too.

Chrsitmas morning I rolled over at 7:15 and couldn't believe that the kids were still snoozing, but Carter soon arose and we got Kara up too. They must have been good kids this year because they had full stockings and many fun things on the hearth. Strawberry Shortcake DVD and clubhouse, changing table for her bitty baby, socks, Captain American mask and flying disk, Cars II DVD, more socks, all of us got pistaschio nuts (Santa knows we all eat those!) and Carter got a bigger bike that he asked for!

Then, we opened more presents and had another yummy lunch. Carter and Kara have been playing with thier new toys for days. Carter has been riding his bike for hours every day, atempting to jump the bike ramp that he got too. Kara has changed all her babies numerous times a day, put them to sleep and has been very busy with all of her new things.

We are starting to put away Christmas stuff and took down the lights this evening. Kara wanted to turn them on as soon as they were taken down. She was my light girl. :) Christmas came too fast and was gone too quick. Now, we are gearing up for a new year. New adventures and new worries, but hopefully new joys too.