Merry Christmas

Christmas was wonderful!!

First thing JoJo gave me the look, I had been sewing with some zebra print fabric and JoJo had been eying it. I promised her I would make her a bandanna for Christmas morning so I set to it. I had no pattern and I am fairly new to sewing so it was a little trying and a little fun. I put the zebra fabric on the top and hot pink flannel on the bottom. She loves it and hasn't tried to take it off yet.

Everyone came over around 9:30 am and Melinda had brought the stockings with her. So we kicked all the kids and husbands out and stuffed the stocking really fast :) Then on to the present opening portion of the day it was really nice we had made a vow for less "stuff" this year and it really helped with the day not being so overwhelming. After opening gifts and eating a bite of breakfast everyone headed home and I took a little nap :)



Around 3:00 pm everyone came back over for dinner. Thanks to my nap I was running a little behind, but it was no big deal. Dinner was nice and everyone ate way too much :) . Afterwards Sabrina and I went looking for a good Christmas puzzle. We all went to working on it except for Reggie and Andre. After a little while a huge silly string war ensued. It was such fun and everyone had a good time.








Eventually Andre wondered down and even managed to get a few pieces of the puzzle in!! Every time Dan put a piece in Armon did a little chant it was so funny! After the puzzle was as complete as it could be (seeing as Sabrina took home a piece with her) we went in and watched The Dark Knight (Andre got this for Christmas). It was a full complete day.


BTW some of my favorite memories were:

Dan opening our new silverware and having to take it all out and sort it before he would open the next present.

JoJo sitting in Andre's lap during the present opening and Andre asking why she looked so sad. I said let her open her present. That was all it took she, had her toy and was so happy

Sabrina telling me her favorite part of Christmas was just having the family together. (Isn't she the sweetest)

Armon cheering for Dan whenever he put a piece of the puzzle in.

Melinda and Mom being upset that they hadn't gotten any silly string in their stockings and they wanted to play too!! Next year everyone will get silly string and I will get 2 cans lol

Jennifer