Christmas Eve was at home, since everyone was sick. I made a pound cake (let me tell you, creaming butter and sugar for 20 minutes with a handmixer is not fun, but it was worth it), snickerdoodles and gingersnaps. We watched Frosty, Rudolph, and the Church video Joy to the World. We read the Christmas story for scriptures. We watched the tree, with the lights off. Joseph fell asleep in front of the stockings.
Elena and Joseph got to raid their stockings while James and I got set up at Dell Children's.
We opened family presents all together on Christmas night. Joseph got a dinosaur. The dinosaur immediately went on a rampage around the room. Elena got a spelling game "just like at Mackay's house." James was thrilled to watch the mayhem around him. He missed his siblings while he was at the hospital.
Once everyone was back home, we opened presents from cousins, friends, aunts and uncles. Books and the ice cream ball were the hits of the day.
It was a good Christmas, though we missed you all and hope to see you soon.
2 comments:
I can honestly say that James looks so cute, even with an IV and oxygen. Good to see that he was taking things relatively well!
Definitely a memorable one! It looks like the older kids, at least, had a nice Christmas.
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