Christmas Day was pretty busy in the Fry household.
On Christmas Eve, Emma left Santa cookies, milk and three letters.
She was so excited for her and Olivia to get some new matching headbands and dresses. And the best part is that these headbands are cute and they stay in her hair! That is nothing short of a miracle!
Here is Emma's gift pile. She got a mermaid Barbie and play set from Santa. We got her the movie to go with it and a Barbie book. And a box to keep fun trinkets in. And a personalized princess cd. She also got lots of fun stocking stuffers, as you can see.
Walker playing with his new microphone. There will be no peace in the house now!
Emma and Walker painted a picture frame for their daddy and we put pictures of them and Olivia in it.
This is Walker's fun pile. He got a huge train set from Santa. We got him the movie and book to go with the set. And he also got a personalized Mickey Mouse music cd. And some spider man underoos. Does anyone else remember these? They were so popular when I was little. I had Wonder Woman! He loves to hear it say his name a thousand times.
Santa left a note back for the kids since Emma wrote him 3!
The milk and cookies Santa left.
Olivia's gift pile is much smaller than Emma and Walker's. She got an Olivia doll, headbands, a personalized musice cd and a dress to match Emma's.
We did not realize that Walker's Thomas the Tank Engine Logging Mill would be as big as our whole living room floor! Or that it would take so long to put together! But he loves it!
And Emma played all afternoon with her Barbie set that is supposed to be a bathtub toy. We just put her a big tub of water in the floor on a towel and she had a blast. We had a hard time keeping Olivia out of it, however. Every time I looked over, she was dipping her hand in and then licking it.
A very sweet moment- me reading to all three of them.
And this is probably a major safety hazard, but I couldn't resist. Olivia kept trying to climb in while I was washing their new dresses, so I helped her out a little and grabbed the camera. No worries- she can't get to the dryer unless someone is in the laundry room with her. For now anyway- good thing we are moving before she is old enough to open the door and hop in when no one is looking!
And this was my Christmas dinner table. Emma helped me decorate it.
We hosted 11 of our teammates and 5 kids! We barely fit in our downstairs, but we managed and had an absolutely fabulous meal! A big roast, sauteed mushrooms, sour dough bread, roasted asparagus, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, glazed carrots and yummy appetizers and desserts, including homemade icecream!
After our meal, the kids opened their gifts. Perry played with the helicopters he got the boys more than they did!
And then we played a round of "Dirty Santa"! Cara got some funny stuff!
And Toby sought shelter from the chaos with Lydia.
Troy, Andrea and Chris.
Perry, Alba, Josh and Cara.
Brittnea and Ale, the newlyweds- can you tell?
It was a very Merry Christmas! I can't believe it is our last one in Paraguay.
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