The night before M made some snickerdoodle cookies, and each of the older kids read a short Christmas book to the family (M read Merry Christmas, Merry Crow and T read Who's That Knocking on Christmas Eve?), which has become something of a family tradition.
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| Sprinkling cinnamon on top of the cookies before baking. |
The kids had a lot of fun opening all of their presents. Thanks to everyone for the presents!
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| Christmas Loot |
F didn't understand what was going on at first, but she quickly learned. She got a lot of blocks, stuffed animals and soft toys. She was playing with the older kids, they would stack up the blocks then she would excitedly knock them down. She also got a large new toybox to store them in. She is starting to figure out how to drop the blocks in the box.
T got lots of legos and construction sets, and books (he is an avid reader). He quickly set up his new magnetic dart board and was enticing us to contest with him.
M got some craft sets and a kindle! We registered the kindle and set it to charge up. Then she broke out a ceramic painting set and started to paint her own bowls.
I surprised V with tickets in her stocking for her and the older kids to go to a live radio show that will be broadcasting from Honolulu on Christmas eve. (I will stay home with F; children under six are not allowed to the show.)
M made a gift for me within the minecraft game we have been playing. It is a house filled with gold and diamond blocks, which are valuable in the game. She was very thoughtful and left a special pick inside the house to use to mine them. She made the outside of the house in a present pattern using blue and yellow dyed wool. She also put a sign next to the door saying it was to me and from her.
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| A gift house in Minecraft |
It was a warm day, a high of 83 F, and the weather was perfect so we decided to have a picnic. We ran to the store to pick up bread and meat for sandwiches. I let F hold on to the steering wheel for a minute just before we left and pretend to drive. She let out two sharp high pitched squeaks as a laugh in her excitement.
We drove up to the north shore and had the beach to ourselves. We played on the beach, ate sandwiches, and played on the beach some more before heading back. Then we all relaxed around the house and later V fixed one of my favorites, chicken and dumplings for supper.
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| Looking for sea creatures in the rock pools. |
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| The beach to ourselves. The people in the distance are T and M. |
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| F in her pink wetsuit playing in the sand. |
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