Did you all have a good Christmas? I hope so! I hope it was a lovely time - whatever it looked like and however unconventional it may have been. {Springlike weather definitely made it feel unconventional around here! }
I have so much to tell you about our Christmases! We had a great couple of days of celebrating, and I'm not going to necessarily report in about them in order, but I'll tell you about them.
One of the perks of not having kids on Christmas is that you get to sleep in past 4 a.m. or whatever time they tend to get up.
Oh wait. No you don't.
Mom? Dad? Is it Christmas yet? Huh? Huh? Is it?
She actually did let us sleep in a bit, but she reached her saturation point and it was time to get up and get to OPENING!!!!
We started out with breakfast - a new recipe this year! We began a tradition of cinnamon rolls and coffee on Christmas morning, but with our new clean eating, I tried to make it as healthy as I could. I found
this recipe over at Dashing Dish and it was DELICIOUS. Tasted just like the much more butter-saturated/fattening version, without all the calories and sugar! We had that with some turkey bacon and an orange, and it was a tasty little breakfast!
After breakfast, we continued our tradition of reading from my Advent book. Unfortunately, right before I read the last chapter, I filled Braeya's new toy with catnip and it spilled on my hand. Even though I
washed my hands, she knew it was there and attacked me the
entire time I read.
Last Christmas, we decided to skip buying gifts for each other and instead put that money toward purchasing our beloved Mo {our couch, if you're new}. We still did stockings so we could open presents on Christmas day and so we could still have the fun of getting little things for each other. We liked that so much, we did it again this year! Except apparently the year
after you buy a couch, you spend your money on workout equipment. LOL!!
So we opened presents in the form of stocking stuffers!
He loved this sign. LOL.
I gave him this as a sign of my deep love for him. I hate absolutely everything about gum. And when I say hate, I mean
abhor. So the fact that I bought him gum is TRULY a Christmas miracle.
It's true. We have never owned a selfie stick.
Until now. Shafferland revolutionized.
You think I'm kidding, don't you?
She waited SO patiently and
finally it was her turn.
After presents, it was time to clean up so we could go to the celebrations for the day. But we couldn't leave without some official Christmas photos!
A pretty perfect Christmas morning!
9 comments:
Selfie stick- YES!!!!! Looks like a great celebration..
Hee hee! I like the sign! Your cinnamon rolls look fantastic.
Looks like a lovely time. My family has gone with not doing gifts too (since we have no little kids). It's still wonderful, and we get to enjoy each other's company.
Maria - Isn't that picture of him with that selfie stick great??? LOL!!
Chere - The rolls were delicious. I was nervous that they would taste too healthy, but they tasted just like the ones I've always made!
Edenhills - I never thought I would be okay with not doing gifts because I love them so much {giving them and receiving too!} but it's been okay for these years we've tried it! I must be growing up!
Looks like a fun start to a wonderful day!! I got a selfie stick too! Tell Ryan my dad uses a selfie stick for working on those hard to see places.
i love your photos and what a great idea. Dan and I get maybe one gift (small) for each other so we can just go to a concert or do fun things all year and not worry about the money. lol. We aren't gift people per say.. i likes to just be together and i like WORDS! My fave gift to give and get are words.. freee!!!! so win win!
love you lots and hope you enjoy this week and new year! So awesome about the clean eating! I admit to much pie and chips and naughty foods as of late (burp) but doing "no sugar January" is coming up soon. I am adding dairy too. So no sugar, no dairy January is close. eeks!! eat the ice cream now!! lol
XOXO
Odie - Now that is a great idea!! I will tell him! :)
Polly - You are so brave. I don't think I can go completely sugar free. Heavily reduced, yes. Completely without? Ryan deserves better than a sugarless Bekah. LOL!!!
Cute timeline of your Christmas morning - the lower sugar breakfast looks yummy and fun stuff with the selfie-stick (plus, kitty deserves a gold star for waiting patiently, our cat demanded his Christmas first thing.
My kids are obviously the anomaly because Sam slept until 8:40 and Rachel until 9:10. And the sleep in EVERY Christmas. Dave and I joke that it's their Christmas gift to us!
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