Christmas

So I am finally getting to post about Christmas it has been a little busy as of late. I feel like I haven't been home for a week.

We kicked off Christmas on Sunday with the classic Starnes Christmas Eve. We had an awesome dinner Prime Rib of course with the classic mint dessert my favorite. We then had the annual talent show and chimes. Makayla memorized a poem and was awesome. I think that I just said it about 20 times and she had it memorized by just hearing it. The boys did their ho ho ho for their talent it was pretty cute. We read Christmas stories and the story of Christ's birth. We then put them to bed and hung out and played games. It was a fun night because I love the classic Starnes Christmas Eve. It reminds me of growing up I can't wait until next year the kids are old enough to reenact the Christmas Story :)!!
The actual Christmas Eve was fun. We fondued with Justin's family. We got completely stuffed! We opened the Christmas pj's. The kids were really cute. They opened a gift from Justin's aunt Leanne and Norman. They gave the kids tooth brushes and toothpaste. It was just what they needed and I have never seen three kids get so excited over oral hygiene. It was a nice evening with the Pitcher Clan.
Justin and I went home and finished setting up the house for Santa. We listened to Christmas music and sipped on our Martinelli's and got things all together. We went to bed and I just couldn't wait for the morning to see how the kids reacted. So I had a dream about Santa eating our delicious candy cane cookies (another of my favorite) and drinking milk. At that moment I woke up and remembered we forgot to put the milk out oops (Mak specifically asked that I do that so it had to be done). I get out of bed at 1:00am to put the milk out. I go back to bed and at 5:00am I wake up to check on everything. Everyone's still sleeping, Santa had arrived, and all was well. Back to bed I go. At 6:00am I am awake and waiting for the kids to wake up this is their normal arising time. However, not a child is stirring only an excited mom. Instead of waiting and doing nothing I begin to get the food for our big brunch ready. Finally the kids wake up at 7:00 this is serious sleeping in for my kids. They now have to wait for me to finish my food prep and sit on the stairs. It was so fun to see them come in. They were excited about their bikes. The kids had a great time opening the presents well Makayla doing the majority of opening. The boys just wanted to sit on the bikes and open presents. The boys high light presents had to be the shake cars that Makayla gave them. Makayla's highlight had to be all the baby doll stuff she got along with her new favorite baby. After present time we had a brunch at our house with some friends and family. I really enjoyed having everyone over and making all the yummy food. And the rest of the day was a food fest. We went to my parents opened more presents and ate yummy turkey sandwiches with all the fixin's. The boys played with their helicopters (the big boys). We went to Justin's parents and opened more presents and ate more food. It was a day wrapped in shiny paper filled with tons of food. Wow we were really spoiled by our families this year! Pics to come I am slow on the down load!