This post is all the Christmas-related photos.
Alice wanted to make decorated sugar cookies with the kids. Her method was brilliant--rather than trying to wrangle all the kids at once, she let each kid work with her to roll out and cut cookies.
After baking them, all the kids (who were interested...not so much Jakin and Corban) decorated the cookies.
Alli and Micah, with a sneak peek of Baby J.
Ed and Aidan sporting the argyle
Grandma and Grandpa with all the grandkids. What's amazing is that pretty much everyone is actually looking at the camera!
The Miller family
Our family. Not TJ's best effort. :)
We went to Christmas Eve Mass at 5:30. TJ, who was starting to not take naps anymore, fell asleep before we even got in the car. True evidence of having way too much fun with his cousins all day long!
Our traditional Christmas Even dinner is a Hungarian specialty called paprikash. Ed's contribution to the meal is helping to beat the dumpling batter into form.
The 3 girls spooning the dumplings
Another Christmas Eve tradition: Grandpa reading 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. Next year there will be two more babies in this photo! The couch is getting crowded...
A photo looking down at the tree and stockings Christmas morning. This is the peace and quiet before the kids are let up. You'll notice Jojo in the photo--he had to come up from the basement (where the kids' bunk room is) for a diaper change and was NOT happy that I left him to take this photo. Jojo was having some mommy issues on this trip is still having some mommy issues. Often times nobody else will do.
The kids are patiently waiting to come up to see the tree and open stockings and presents. Each year the adults torture them by needing to make coffee, brush teeth, etc., etc., dragging out the suspense.
Often repeated: who needs actual gifts when the boxes gifts come in are so fun? This vacuum box (which actually housed two golf bags) became entertainment for at least 4 boys.
I made the girls duffle bags for gifts.
Thomas gets a sewing bug every once in a while. In December, while I was busily finishing up gifts, he decided he needed to make a quilt for his cousins. He picked out these fabrics and helped me sew them together. Voila! His first quilt. He now has a long list of recipients that he wants to make quilts for.
MaryBeth made Thomas and Josiah an alphabet photo book--full of great memories!
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