Santa was very-very busy the night before Christmas. I mean...getting this gigantic foosball table inside our house was not an easy fit. Still not sure how he managed to do that, he must be very clever. But this is what the kids woke up to--an awesome fancy foosball table (with telescopic handles, of course). As if we need more STUFF in our playroom:)))
For the first time in six months, Mark was mesmerized with the foosball table and didn't have the magnetic pull to go straight to the piano and play it. That is why a week after Christmas we moved the foosball table upstairs to the boys' room.
I'll cut straight to the chase. We had an awesome Christmas morning:). The kids woke us up around 7 am and we got ready since sister missionaries were coming over at 7:30 to eat our junky sugary cereal breakfast with us and just spend some fun family time on this Christmas Day. And then we opened our presents:)
Katya's favorite gift was Robert's old phone that has no texting or calling capabilities--just music, scriptures and a camera...well, and a couple of games. She was begging us to give it to her for the past year. Since we feel like there is absolutely no need for a personal real phone at this point of her life, this is what she got. The note she is holding is a note from Santa telling her to discuss the terms of use of the phone with her parents.
Mark got a bunch of Ready Freddy books as he wished for them.
Alex really wanted this game, Guillotine--and he got it.
More dreams came true--colored sharpies:)
Not exactly what Robert asked for on his Christmas list but it was still fun:).
It's funny that Alex had cream soda on his wish list.
More tennis balls...from Katya and from Alex.
I got a nice mini food processor/chopper. It's been great! Zyliss is the brand and it's the kind that you pull on the string to get it to work.
By the way, this year, Robert and I bought ourselves a new laptop in November and we counted it as a Christmas gift to each other. With all our traveling, it's hard not to consider those as a continuous Christmas gift to our family:).
Back to Mark, who got Blokus! We love that game now. Alex is very good at it.
Of course, more nature disaster books, although I am running out of options here, so we might have to change the subject:)
More clothes for Katya. She also got a nice white fluffy bathrobe.
It is quite amazing to me still, but Mark actually asked for new Piano Music for Christmas. Crazy, right? He got it of course!
Alex was ecstatic about getting his coveted army guys set. He is very much into World War II and its reenactments .
Oh, what could this be?
It's a tennis racket!!! Mark grew out of his first tennis racket.
Katya also got what she wished for--a blue wallet with an owl on it.
A few new shirts for Alex. He actually seemed to be excited about his new gray fleece pullover.
And then there was this...the elf pajamas...but Mark has been wearing them all over the place lately. And as you can see, he also got a new football. He is very excited to use it outside with the neighbors.
Alex's final present was a nice fancy scooter. It's a special scooter with bigger than usual wheels for a smoother ride. Now he can use it to get to school as well as his bike. Somehow Robert forgot to take pictures when Alex pulled out the scooter.
I am sure I missed a few presents like more books for Katya, playing cards for Mark or headphones for Alex, but I think that was pretty much it.
I also gave Robert a couple more presents, one of which was a book about managing a dental practice. Robert gave me a packet of 5 pre-planned dates! That is so exciting as I get tired to always plan our dates:). So this is good. Very good. Now that we have a live-in babysitter, going on quick dates is a breeze.
Well, it was truly a great Christmas morning. Presents are not important thing but they definitely make life more fun and enjoyable:))
Merry Christmas!
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