Last night Justin woke up and started coming down to our room, Zoe decided to bark at him. Justin didn’t seem to mind, he thought Zoe just thought it was Andree. The barking woke up Nicole too. I went back to Justin’s room and slept in there a bit. Dad and I didn’t sleep very well. In fact I felt like I had a hang over this morning. I had such a head ache. No time to do too much this morning as we wanted to get out and get our Christmas tree. The kids were so excited.
This is the first time we have had colored lights on the tree, really pretty. The kids requested colors. Well setting up the tree was an ordeal. I think it almost put us over the edge. We thought we got it up ok and the kids were decorating, so cute. Of course all the ornaments went into one general area but dad spread them out. I was in the kitchen and all of a sudden I heard screaming for me-the tree fell. UGH. Finally we got it secure again although a little crooked. We were running around before my family came over, cleaning up, preparing food, running Zoe. Zoe went home this afternoon. I already miss her. Anyway everyone came over and the kids just wanted their presents. Seems so silly to be all about presents but I was the same way when I was a kid. The kids could hardly wait. They got some great stuff.
Justin got lots of Hot Wheels and loved his car carrier thing. Nikki loved her doll house rooms. We got down my old doll house and Nicole had fun playing with it. She wanted to bring it to her room. The kids played with all their toys. Justin went outside to play with his remote control car. It was time to make potato latkes. It wasn’t too bad but I am very full. We had a nice dinner. The kids were happy to give grandma/pa the cookie they made for them, a big X-mas tree with lots of sprinkles. After the grandparents went home we went upstairs. We played cars on Justin’s car rug and Nicole did some coloring. The kids were tired and went to bed pretty easily.