Christmas 2012

We had a nice Christmas this year despite all of us suffering from colds and congestion.  At least we were all miserable together!

On Christmas Eve Joseph worked about 4 hours in the morning and was home with us the rest of the day.  We broke a little with Johnson family tradition and we didn't have seafood bisque for dinner.  We did have cheese, crackers and a spinach artichoke dip.  The kids didn't care for the cheese ball or dip, but they made up for it eating Christmas treats after our Christmas program. For our Christmas festivities we moved our small tree to the middle of the floor so we could have more room to enjoy the presents.  

Kimball and Rebecah enjoying their treats.

Kimball with scissors and glue stick in hand to finish the last day of The Best Christmas Gifts from the Friend magazine. 

 The kids had a first this year.  They woke up at 2:30 and thought it was time to open presents.  Since we were all sick Joseph and I were less than excited about the early morning wake up.  We made the kids go back to bed, yes we were party poopers, and once the kids finally fell back to sleep they slept until 7:30.

Santa did find us in Syracuse and he brought presents for everyone.  Kimball got a Transformers mask that makes sounds and Rebecah was given a Princess tent. He also left watches in the stockings.  Kimball has wanted a watch for a long time and Rebecah enjoys her new "bracelet".

Kimball modeling his new transformers helmet from Santa.  It makes wonderfully loud noises!

Kimball in a fighting stance.

Ninjago Pajamas

Kimball modeling his new Ninjago pajamas and Cars slippers.

More Legos for Christmas.

Rebecah emptying out her stocking from Santa in her tent from Santa.

Rebecah showing off her watch from Santa.

Joseph helping Rebecah with her new Hello, Kitty purse.

Rebecah's very own Lego set.  She was SO excited to have her own mini figure.

 Rebecah is always wanting to play with Kimball and his legos and he frequently would just tell her no.  Well, when she got her Legos Kimball was so excited about them despite the girl colors of bricks.  He asked if he could play with Rebecah's new Legos and she needed no prompting to say "NO!" without hesitation.

Playing with her new Legos.

Rebecah with her new Jenna doll.

Christmas dinner was so colorful this year and I didn't even plan it that way.  We were going to have a guest for Christmas, but when we all got colds we decided to postpone hosting a guest.  We did have ham, potatoes and gravy, asparagus, butternut squash, and cranberry salad.  For dessert we had a chocolate peanut butter chess pie.  We also had special "juice" at Kimball's request.  I mixed orange juice, cranberry juice and Sprite together.  I was glad dinner was colorful because it tasted a little off since I was sick.  It was much more enjoyable to eat the Christmas dinner leftovers because my tastes were returning to normal.

Christmas Dinner

We did get our wish for a White Christmas.  We got about 8 inches of snow the weekend before Christmas and then we got another foot two days after Christmas.  We are not without plenty of snow.  It is a good thing Joseph and I got snow boots for Christmas, we need them!