This Christmas eve was interesting- it had ups and downs. It began with ups when we all went to Best Buy and BB and Poppy got us an AWESOME new T.V. Then we attempted to make our first gingerbread house ever, which was still an up. However, when we tried to adjust the house b/c it's roof was crooked- it collapsed and had a big crack in the base. That's down. But with much icing we fixed it (up) and took tons of time decorating it.
I wanted to take the final pic of it in it's resting place- but the trip over to the dining room ensured it's permanent destruction. That's a down.
Then we had an AWESOME steak, sweet potato, and salad dinner and waited on the porch for Santa- who rides by on a firetruck EVERY year. (all "up" things) We heard the siren and knew he was just one street over for a long time. Here are BB and Poppy waiting with our anxious babies....
And he didn't come. We waited THREE hours total for Santa and he never came by- we must have heard him go down every nearby street and he never made it. Big Down! Do you know what though- the kids were fine. It bothered us grown ups more. The kids were happy to be outside... and for part of the waiting I played Christmas songs on the piano and we sang (Julia had a microphone, Marky a bongo drum). Marky says his favorite Christmas song is "Noel" and his favorite line is "born is the King". We were anxiously waiting to celebrate our King's birth and even Santa giving us a snub didn't ruin our fun time.
I wanted to take the final pic of it in it's resting place- but the trip over to the dining room ensured it's permanent destruction. That's a down. 
Then we had an AWESOME steak, sweet potato, and salad dinner and waited on the porch for Santa- who rides by on a firetruck EVERY year. (all "up" things) We heard the siren and knew he was just one street over for a long time. Here are BB and Poppy waiting with our anxious babies....
And he didn't come. We waited THREE hours total for Santa and he never came by- we must have heard him go down every nearby street and he never made it. Big Down! Do you know what though- the kids were fine. It bothered us grown ups more. The kids were happy to be outside... and for part of the waiting I played Christmas songs on the piano and we sang (Julia had a microphone, Marky a bongo drum). Marky says his favorite Christmas song is "Noel" and his favorite line is "born is the King". We were anxiously waiting to celebrate our King's birth and even Santa giving us a snub didn't ruin our fun time. 
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