So this is officially the Christmas catch up-or the beginning of it anyway. I have decided to go chronologically, since theoretically if makes the most sense. So we will start with the Saturday before Christmas, the 19th.
Paul was going to go to his dad’s on that Sunday, the 20th. We have made it a tradition over the past few years to have a family party separate from Christmas where we have a red and green supper, and open gifts to each other so the simple things we get for one another don’t get lost in the shuffle. This year we included Paul’s “Big Brother” Clayton, since their plans to get together for Christmas were complicated when Paul’s dad’s girlfriend called and made arrangements for the visit.
We opened gifts first. Simple gifts from the dollar store. It was a lot of fun. All of the guys present got foam dart guns, which was great. Ashlyn got the long awaited bubblegum machine, and Maryn got 2 dream catchers. And I gave everyone pop rocks, which they all thought was great.
Here you see one of Paul’s gifts, funny glasses and a clown nose. And we gave Clayton exactly what he asked for, a pony and a car (an orange convertible nonetheless). It was fun.
By then, it was dark, and we went into the kitchen where I had everything set up with Christmas dishes and candles. We ate red and green jello salad, ranch baked chicken, red smashed potatoes, green beans and Shirley Temples by candlelight with soft Christmas music in the background. The kids think this is so much fun! We finished off with these amazing (low calorie I’m sure) chocolate cupcakes filled with raspberry filling and topped with heaps of chocolate butter cream compliments of my friend and baker extraordinaire Susan.
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