From earlier in the week...So the box of gift from the in-law Hamptons contained these silver pots with dirt pods and seeds so you can grow your own spruce tree. Parker REALLY wanted to play with Kenley's and was actually throwing a ginormous tantrum about it for some reason, but of course I couldn't find his. After a 20 minute search, I found it on top of my computer armoire, handed it to him, and said, "Here! Geez!" or something similarly loving. And he grabs the dirt pod out of the bucket and takes a huge BITE out of it! I guess he thought it was a cookie the whole time. Oh man, the expression on his face was awesome. I mean, sad, but seriously awesome.
Christmas Eve morning we had Santa and Christmas with our own little family so that it wouldn't be too rushed on Christmas. All went well. Kenley decided that what her little heart desired was Princess Dress-ups. A fabulous coincidence since that's what Santa had already gotten for her. So the kids loved their gifts. They're easy to please. Then James headed off to work and we went to San Diego to spend the day with my family.
We have been searching for a new Christmas Eve tradition for the past few years. We used to go to a fancy party but it either got cancelled or we were uninvited, so we've been left tradition-less. This year we were lucky enough to have Kathleen Muir and my cousin Calvin with us, so even though we were missing James, we had enough of a crowd to feel compelled to do something. My mom decided we were going to do a talent show (?) and have my two young children act out the Nativity story. The talents were wonderful. Kenley's talents? She "sang" Away in a Manger, and danced with Parker. But she announced that her real talent was going to be to lay out all her new Princess Dress-Ups in matching outfits and change into a new one for each talent. Which she did. So before anyone did a talent, we had to wait for a three year old to go put on a shirt, skirt, bracelet, headpiece, and clip-on earrings. All by herself in the downstairs bathroom. I'm afraid it held up the proceedings a little, but she was quite proud of her "talents." I was quite impressed that she could put on the clip-on earrings by herself. Here she is with her clothes all laid out.
Then it was time for the ill-planned Nativity. You know how some families have props and costumes and a reverent spiritual experience? That's not really how we roll. We had no baby Jesus, so had to debate which would be the least sacriligious substitute: my mom's old dog Bailey, her angel bear tree-topper, or Meow the mangy stuffed cat. We finally decided none of them really compared to the fact that the Virgin Mary was being acted out by a three-year-old in a belly-baring Snow White costume, so we went ahead with the bear tree-topper wrapped a towel. I look forward to continuing the tradition and this was definitely a memorable first year. I tried to upload the video but it didn't work, and wasn't actually all that riveting so I didn't make much of an effort. But here's Mary like you've never seen her before:
Then Christmas morning we were off to celebrate with Dad and Joanie, who were so sweet to get us tickets to go see Wicked. We can't wait! It was a really fun and relaxing day, although Kenley threw up all day and four times that night. Good times. And we haven't even celebrated with my mom and Kirk yet, so stay tuned for more awesomeness.
I love these guys:
2 comments:
Ok, Look closely at James and you will see two beams of light coming out of each ear! Random.
You can't beat snow white virgin Mary, that's just too cool.
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