We had a wonderful Christmas in Portland this year. Nate flew in from Denver on Christmas Eve (the kids and I have been out here since the 9th). It is great to be home!
HIGHLIGHTS FROM CHRISTMAS
1. The Food:Prime Rib on Christmas Eve, Apple Dumplings and Eggs Benedict on Christmas morning, Ham for Christmas dinner. . . .Do we ever eat well when we're with my mom!!!
2. Parker asking politely after opening up a book, " Mommy, may I please NOT have any more books?" ;)
3. Peyton trying on all of her new socks, mittens, slippers-anything that we didn't think she'd be interested in.
4. The many helmets/bags/things the kids put on their heads (Broncos helmet, Iron Man mask, Christmas bags and boxes)
5. "I am NOT going to have those boots!!" (Parker, upon opening new winter snow boots). I don't blame him after getting so many cooler gifts;)
6. Peyton wanting us to sing "Happy Birthday" over and over when we were eating dinner by candlelight. We sang it to Jesus no less than 5 times.
7. Parker asking where Santa would put his presents since there was no more room under the tree. He came to wake us up Christmas morning panicking because he didn't see his stocking. I almost had him when I said that he must have ended up on Santa's naughty list!
8. On Christmas night, Parker asked if it would still be Christmas when he woke up. I explained that it wouldn't and he had the idea to put all his presents back in his stocking, make snowflakes to hang outside, and to pretend it was Christmas again on Sunday morning:) He was baffled that it could be Christmas since there was no snow!
9. Everyone else opening all of Peyton's presents for her since she wasn't all that interested in what was inside them. She did like peering into her stocking to see what was inside, but even then she didn't really care about getting things out.
10. New bikes! We got both kids new bikes for Christmas, which was a huge hit. Parker is really good and enjoyed going to the nearby college "race track" to ride in circles.
