What a terrific Christmas we had! We did our usual Christmas at my parent's house on Christmas Eve. As always, it was wild, but a ton of fun!! Can you imagine - 7 kids between the ages 6 and 1!!! CRAZY! We ate, then we went to Lake Park and watched the house with the dancing lights as the girls call it - it is a house with the lights on timers that go to music. Then we went back and opened presents!!
The whole gang: Reagan, Connor, Kaitlyn, Carly, Chloe, Harper, and Reilly (notice Harper leaning on his Ry!! He loves Reilly so much)
Kaitlyn helping Harper open his big scoop! It was big enough for him to sit on, so he rode it the whole time (so did Reagan - until she flipped off of it!)
This is Christmas morning at our house. Harper got this dump truck, which he had to get in, which of course flipped him out! So he ended up with rug burn all over his face! He looked pretty rough Christmas morning!
This is Chloe sporting her gifts from Carly. We took the girls to the Dollar Tree to go shopping for each other. We told them they could get one thing for each other. I took Chloe and Matt took Carly and we split up. Chloe had to get green pom-poms and then absolutely had to get Carly a green crown to go with it. So, I ended up spelling to Matt what she got her sister and that she suckered me into getting her sister 2 things. He looked at me with big eyes and said - "She got the same thing!!" They ended up buying each other the exact same thing in the exact same color!!! Not that is so wierd - they are definately identical!!!! I was so amazed. Of course as soon as they got into the car, they told each other what they got. They both said they didn't want pom-poms!!! UGH! So on the 23rd, we let them wrap each others gifts and put them under the tree. Christmas morning Chloe was very excited to get her gift. Carly wasn't too thrilled, but after Chloe opened her gift for her, she was excited and quickly put on the crown and started cheering.
I tried to get one toy each that was very special to each of the girls. It is very hard to do that, because they both like the same things. But I did succeed with buying Carly this remote controlled dog. It walks and Barks. Carly loves dogs, but is terrified of them at the same time!! She thinks all dogs will lick her, and she doesn't like that (if she only knew that they bite!) I got Chloe a pet carrier with a kitty in it and it had accessories like a hair dryer, pretend nail polish, food, etc. to take care of the cat. She like it too!
This was the girls' big Christmas present!! Finally big girl beds!! We put their crib/toddler bed mattresses on the floor in our room Christmas Eve and they had a sleep over in our room so that we could assemble the beds. They were thrilled to get some warm beds (didn't quite realize how cold and miserable they were in their little beds)! The sheets are their Christmas sheets, but I will get their regular bedding soon. I can't believe how much older they look! It is so sad, my babies are growing up!
Here we are later Christmas Day at the Riffle's house.
Grandma Kay got an umbrella, which the girls were thrilled about! They love umbrellas for some reason and were excited to get under hers. I guess I know what to put in their Easter baskets!!!
Oh guess what I got??? - A new camera!! Hopefully it will take some better pictures that are clearer. Now I just have to figure out how to use it!
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