They were super busy, a little too busy actually. We had a ton of fun, and got to spend lots of time with family. The girls and I did some baking one day. Laura was my peanut butter girl and measured all the PB for the Monster cookies, which let me tell ya is a lot of peanut butter. Funny, since Laura doesn't like PB. And Hannah was my expert cookie spooner; she put all of the dough on the cookie sheets to be baked. They were both a huge help. We had a fun time too :)
We did Adams Christmas in Logan again this year. Emma was completely infatuated with Santa. And the girls loved their new baby cousin, Kylian. At the after hours party, Emma burnt her hand on the fireplace. Matt had to make a run to Walmart for some first aid supplies. She was much better in the morning, and all three girls enjoyed swimming with Daddy.
Christmas Eve was great this year. We went to mass at St. Brendan and actually had a seat. We had to go an hour in advance, but we had a lucky break - Emma slept through the whole thing! Then we all went to dinner at Buca in Worthington, and Matt's brother's family met us too. The food was yummy, and we had a fun evening.
Christmas morning proved to be as amazing as we thought it would be. The girls all still believe in Santa. They woke us up super early and were bursting at the seams with excitement. When we got downstairs, we could hardly hold them back while we got breakfast in the oven and the coffee brewing. We always do stockings first, which I don't even know why we bother. The kids get through them as fast as they can so they can start opening presents. I try to make them go slow as we pass out presents, but they are like ravenous wolves. It's kind of funny. Their faces are priceless, and the living room ends up looking like a war zone.
Later that day, we headed up to my parents for the afternoon and evening. We ate dinner and had presents there. Then we played games and visited. Some highlights are ping pong, Head Bandz (game), and Crown (Matt and Justin had a fun evening). The kids never wanted the evening to end, and the adults were ready for sleep. I remember feeling when I was a kid. Not sure when the transition happened.
After Christmas, Matt headed down to Arizona to watch the Buckeyes beat up on ND, and we started to gear up for school and work.
Another year in the books. I know we won't have too many more Christmases that the kids will all believe in Santa. I hope we get a couple more, but we will treasure each year. We know they'll be grown before we know it.
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