An Even Dozen

Emily is twelve! She will be having a party on Friday, so today was our low-key family celebration. Gifts in the AM; pizza, cake and ice cream at dinner. And being twelve gives her a later bedtime, so she's thrilled with that new privilege!

Christmas Pajamas!

The tradition is to unwrap one present on Christmas Eve. On the years I buy new pajamas, I finagle that to be the gift that gets unwrapped. I was anxious that they might find this a dull gift, but to my relief, all were very thrilled! Even though this pic of Suzy is a tad blurry, I think it illustrates my point.



Here is my handsome crew in front of the tree! (David is allowing his face to be seen, but apparently a sweet smile was not part of the bargain.)


The girls have matching winter themed jammies, but different slippers. Suzy's are purple fleece lined "crocs" with Tinkerbell on them. Em's are pink knit ballet slippers.


The boys' pajamas do not match, but both are Iron Man themed. Couldn't find any winter jammies that worked. David got black slippers and James' are camouflage.




This was David trying to make James sit still and look at the camera. No, he's not really trying to beat his little brother. And look - David is smiling!