Everyone got a barbie doll, art supplies, an orange chocolate, some ball puzzles, the girls got body spray, and everyone got a new card game, and a musical instrument of some kind. There were some rubber chickens in there as well. There is other stuff that too, I just didn't list it all out.
Santas gifts to the kids. Each kid got a Minecraft Lego kit.
Jake is opening his stocking at the request of the kids. He got a leather notebook to write down and draw and keep track of all his building projects. Fun themed boxers. Magnetic wrist wrap to hold screws and what not. Beard oil. Beard comb set. Card game. And a couple other things I can't remember.
My stockings stuff. And I have no idea why I look so grumpy. I don't remember feeling grumpy, but these pictures say otherwise. That makes me feel sad. The day was better in my memories than my facial expressions say it was. I got this Bug Doodle book-it was a bunch of comics. And they were actually pretty funny. Then I got new bluetooth headphones because my other ones were totally trash. Sewing machine needles. These super cute banana earring. I also got donut earrings.
After I was done the kids were anxious for their parents to open up their gifts. We did this fun thing this year where you had ten dollars to spend on a parent. Lizzy and William bought for Jake and Sydney got me something. They had a lot of fun buying (price limit was like ten bucks) and wrapping everything. William gave Jake two puzzle things where you have to manivour them around into place to undo the puzzle. Lizzy gave Jake socks and a soda. Sydney gave me a dream catcher and earrings.
After all this we ended up taking a break for food and because we weren't going anywhere today, Jake and I wanted to spread the gift opening across the day. So we ended up putting the kids Lego sets together before we came back to open more gifts.
these are the kids clothing boxes that they get every year.
her shirt says "Fight Like a Girl" with the characters from Avatar: The Last Airbender. We really love that show.
Here is a toy for each of the kids. William got dinosaurs. Lizzy got a little handheld makeup kit and bag. Sydney got a Beyblade arena.
Here are gifts to the family. Legos and a board game, playdough and playdough toys and then new video games.
In this set of gifts Lizzy got a hair stylist apron with some accessories, and then a whole case full of play hair accessories. William got Hot Wheels cars. Sydney got a purse, with keys and a pretend phone in it.
I bought these journals called "A Little Journal for Big Feelings." It has prompts in there for kids to answer and how they are feeling and how they deal with big feelings. Sydney and Lizzy also got cook books.
Taking a break to eat and build our Lego kits. The kids were very excited for all the animals and characters that came with all their kits.
At the beginning of the year I told Jake that I wanted to get new bedding for everyone this year. So in November we came across a Black Friday sale of new quilts. So we got the kids and ourselves new blankets. Jake and I each got a comforter and then we also got a quilt (they are different). Lizzy got pink, Sydney got yellow, and William got blue. I absolutely love Jake's and mine new blankets.
The rest of the kids gifts.
Lizzy got a play cleaning set of tools and a Makeup/Hair container set.
William got a school bus, and punching gloves, and a punching bag. He likes to punch (and gets so physical when he is angry) so much that Jake and I felt it might be a good idea for him to have an outlet.
This year we gave Sydney a lot of science stuff. She got a microscope. She got slides for her microscope, a mini microscope, a thermometer, and beakers, and a Chemistry kit.
Playing with our new stuff.
Jake and I opened our gifts from each other. I gave Jake a handheld vacuum, two board games. One called Photosynthisis and the other called El Dorado. He got a router, an electric coffee mug, and a planner (the really big heavy box).
My gifts from Jake were a Kalimba, a new Iron, and a ceramic griddle. I used my old one a lot and I wanted a replacement for it.
Cellphone pics:
The kids new blankets.
My parents stopped by to see what everyone got before they headed to my grandparents house to visit.
Playing with our new stuff.
This is the headbanz game.
Jake and Sydney playing the new Zelda game we got for Christmas. Over Christmas break Jake and I played the Pikman game and it was so much fun.
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