Christmas Catch Up

You may wonder what we've been doing here in the Stahr house since I haven't blogged for the last week. Well, I will tell you. We've been snuggling... and napping...and playing with our new Christmas toys. Having good family fun together. Jacob is showing off his new kitchen gear as I try out my new flash... Christmas day was just lovely here. It was relaxed and filled with squeals of delight.

Jacob got the hang of opening his presents pretty quickly. He started out by tearing the paper carefully but didn't take long to rip into them after a little coaxing. He inspected every gift, too.

I am pretty sure I have mentioned this before but I love getting home made gifts. The girls make the best cards...

The kids get three gifts each from us. One of their gifts is a complete outfit from head to toe, one is educational, and one is a fun gift. In addition to these three gifts, they got a special surprise this year. A kitchen. The girls couldn't figure out why they were getting so many kitchen items from Pop Pop. After they opened them all, I told them that we had to take the toys downstairs right away to find a place for them. When they got to the basement, they found the kitchen and immediately started to play...

It was a really great day. We had fun together as a family. We skyped our family and had a yummy meal with friends. Really, relaxing.

The day after Christmas we put all the decorations away and took the tree out. Since we had our tree right after Thanksgiving, it was in need of a new home-especially all the dry needles. What better way to earn all those Christmas gifts than to help clean up? We put the kids to work...

Really, they love to run the shop vac! It's not hard to find good help in my house. Thanks everyone for the wonderful gifts.