Christmas Princesses and Dragons

Christmas was so much fun this year. This was Heather's and mine first time spending Christmas with Alyson and Nate and their kids, and it was so much fun experiencing the mystery and excitement of Christmas through their eyes. Of course, the not-so-much-fun aspect of this was experiencing their excitement all throughout the night, which we did since we slept in the same room as them.

For example, Alyson and Nate's rule for Christmas morning is that the kids have to stay in their room until the clock reads 6:30am. Well, Trey got up at 6am and tried to sneak out the door. We told him to go back to bed, which he did. But then he started singing softly "Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way" over and over. This was following by constantly chanting "clock, clock, clock, clock." Finally, 6:30am came and Trey bolted out of the room and Heather and I heaved a huge sigh of relief.

But, I suppose this is good training for being a parent. The one thing everyone tells us about parenthood is the lack of sleep. We're feeling that this week. So here are some pics below of all the Christmas fun.

Trey loves his light saber and Batman cave. Santa Claus nailed his gifts right on the head.

Jayci is infatuated with her princess things. She got a whole hoard of little Disney princess figurines. She tries to hold them all at once and then gets so frustrated when she can't. She also got all of the Disney princess slippers. It is an enormous act of will power for her to willing separate herself from those slippers; Heather and I know this clearly because she typically gets up at least once in the middle of the night to go grab a pair and bring them back to bed with her.

Dec 28 is Trey's birthday. Alyson found this great cake idea for Trey. So Nate's mom made the cakes and Heather (with a little aid from me) decorated it. It really turned out great. And Heather is no longer intimidated in making these kinds of cakes for our kids (and me, too).