We started by going to my mother-in-law's house for cookie decorating and exchanging on the 23rd. I made gingerbread men and women for the first time. To tell the truth, I wasn't too happy with how they turned out...they were really hard. I also tried to buy a gingerbread cut out, but couldn't find one at the grocery store. (I mentioned to Paul that I would just make Christmas trees since I had that cutter, but when I came back from going to the bathroom there were two cookie cutters on the counter. One was a gingerbread man and the other a woman!) Anyway, we had a lot of fun eating, decorating, and exchanging cookies!
Christmas Eve was also spent at my mother-in-laws. We had a Bailey's toast, some delicious steak for dinner, and apple cobbler for dessert. Evan really loved playing with his grandma and aunts. We also opened up our Secret Santa* gifts and other family gifts that night. *Since there are 4 children in Paul's family and 4 significant others, we do a Secret Santa so that we only have to buy one gift. It works out quite nicely!
The next morning was Christmas! Evan and I woke up at 5:30 and started to make cinnamon rolls. Paul, Evan, and I opened our presents to each other early in the morning. My sister, brother-in-law, and best friend came over for breakfast. We had a yummy French toast breakfast and opened presents. The cinnamon rolls didn't work out...AGAIN! It later took my sister and I some time to realize that we had the wrong kind of yeast! We had used active yeast, not rapid-rising...NO WONDER!!We then headed to my sister-in-laws home for Christmas dinner. They served a "traditional" dinner with turkey and all the fixings. I, however, was unable to enjoy dinner with everyone. I was upstairs trying to put a sick, tired, and fussy baby down for a nap. During my time upstairs, I told myself that I wasn't leaving until he got some sleep. Therefore, that meant that I ate about 30 minutes after everyone else had finished. Even the dishes had been cleaned while I was away! In the end, the food was still delicious and I'm thankful that I was able to get Evan some sleep that he much needed.
Evan really loved the wrapping paper on all the presents.
Christmas mess!
2 comments:
Christmas is so much fun this year! Love that you guys get the same joy. :o)
I'm glad you guys had a great Christmas!! I love his jammies...the boys have those too!!
You're cookies looked good!! I can't wait until they are bigger and make huge messes in the kitchen with decorating cookies!!
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