Christmas at our house, this year, was a blast! I love the ages each of our children are at. They have the wonderment and excitement of little kids but are also getting to an age where they enjoy the "GIVING" part of Christmas too.
I love to see how excited they are during the holiday season. You know, the sneaking and hiding of presents. The countdown chains. Checking the Santa.com site every day. The baking of Christmas goodies. Christmas caroling. Everyone being a little nicer. Wrapping presents. 2 hour delays at school. AND the list goes on. It is just such a cool season when it all gets lumped together. It was my favorite season growing up - well actually it still is - and it seems to be my kids favorite season too. There is just such a wonderful and enchanting energy that filled the air and warms my heart.
Christmas Day was loads of fun at the Ostler's. After all the anticipation, it finally came, and here is a little about how if went for us.
This years big gift to the kids was a teeter totter. It doesn't seem like you ever see them around at parks or in peoples yards anymore so the kids totally LOVED it!
Alaina's favorite part of Christmas was being with the family, especially having dad home from work for several days in a row. She loved going to grandma and grandpa's house for Christmas dinners. YUM! (2 sets of grandparents in town = 2 Christmas dinners) Her all time favorite gifts this year were the teeter totter from Mom and Dad and the Hannah Montana Make-up kit from Hailey.
Ky loved the present his brother Kase gave to him this year. His very own ATM machine to deposit his money and make withdraws when needed. So his favorite part about Christmas morning was that he was the only kid in the family that got money in his stocking from Santa. He had never heard of Santa putting money in stockings before but sure was glad he had something to put into his new ATM machine. Ky said he loved going to grandma and grandpa's house to play with cousins and loved the scavenger hunt that Bryce and Drew sent them on to find their present. Ky got a BB gun, and a remote control car that drives on the walls and ceiling, that he thought were super cool.
Hailey's favorite part about Christmas this year was playing in the snow. She loved the time she got to play with her cousins on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. She also loved playing "secret santa" to a needy family in our community this year. Especially the part where the family got to wrap all of the presents for them. She sure got into the spirit of giving this year because another of her Christmas favorites was buying and making presents for her own family. Hailey says her favorite present this year was her huge stamp collection that she got from the Bruns Family.
Hudson loves stockings! Or should I say the GUM and CANDY that come in stockings! He thought that he hit the jackpot when he unrolled his whole roll of bubble tape and shoved it in his mouth. Hudson had fun playing, playing and a little more playing this Christmas. His favorite things were the teeter toter, everything Elmo, and a little bike.
Although the kids got plenty of toys from aunts and uncles and grandparents, Dan and I tried to focus less on giving millions of toys, and focused instead on getting new games, books, and family type things that would help us enjoy more "together time". Board and card games, teeter totter, several books, etc. It was such a fun Christmas and so well received that we will most likely keep our Christmas's very similar. A couple of toys, but lots of family games and books!! We had a great season and hope you all did to.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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