Best of the Holidays 2008- At Home

home at last and sprout is feeling slightly better. BUT he fell asleep before the christmas eve rituals. you know like hanging your stocking and throwing your magical reindeer food on the front lawn.
what?? how else do attract santa's reindeer to your house?!?

sprinkling the magic!

oh and we must not forget the plate of goodies! cookies for santa, carrots for the reindeer, and cheese for santa mouse.... who's santa mouse you ask? well, he is santa's little helper. if you leave him cheese he will leave you a gift in your christmas tree!

making sure it is all there

then of course the reading of the night before christmas and "off to bed!". because santa can't come if you're awake!!

the next morning sprouty seemed ready to go. well... he didn't really know what he was supposed to be doing but he played along the best he could!

and "what's with all the pictures, mom?"

santa's gifts were a big hit. bean got a big tool box full of tools. she was SO excited. she examined everything that was in there before even looking at the other gifts. sprout received a ball popper. he was.... suspicious of it. but he seems to like it ok now. ;)
there were lots of gifts to open before we had breakfast and headed off to my sisters house for the family celebration so we encouraged bean to "put down the tools and find something else to open!" ha ha!

bean really did like the doll dresses i made her. she opened them up and i asked, "what did you get?" and she yelled, "jumpers for my babies!"

one of the favorite gifts was a little band set. it was a drum, harmonica, tambourine, and maracas. they both love it. sprout mostly loves the maracas. bean mostly loves the harmonica.

jammin' to some "interesting" tunes!

then it was off to the dining room to eat some breakfast and then into nice clothes so mommy could take pictures by the tree. hmmm, pictures by the tree. yeah, i think that should be a whole separate post. ;)