Eve 2014

We spent Christmas with just our own little family this year. There was huge winter storm forecast and we didn't want to travel.  What resulted was one of sweetest most memorable Christmases we've had.

Hush and Mimi sang Christmas songs. This Christmas was dominated by the Chipmonks Christmas Album and the Twelve Days of Christmas by the muppets.  My favorite is the one where Theodore sings "And I still want a prostitute!" or something like that.

This is my Christmas baby girl in all her finery. Dress from Becca, thanks Becca!

Also, whose child is this? She looks more like the will-be offspring of Cam and Alex.

Being away from my family's Christmas Eve nativity pageant meant that the only way LouLou could play the role she was born to play was by teleconferencing in.  She was the Facetime baby Jesus.  That's her in the manger.

And here's Lou in our own pageant, a pageant that needed some backup provided by:

Strapping Joseph, towel Mary, Fur coat Wiseman with Power Ranger backup. Shepherd TMNT with their unicorn flock and Baby Jesus dressed as Wonder Woman (his name shall be Wonderful! Counselor!)

Hush read the Christ story, ("Where should I sit? I want to look iconic")

After the pageant we acted out the Twelve Days of Christmas and then played Christmas Carol song charades.  Favorites included Hush's "Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer" and Mimi's "Away in a Manger." It took them like 10 minutes of me doing the Mexican Hat Dance for them to guess "Feliz Navidad."

Hush's family tradition included a fancy staked enchilada meal, oddly topped with a cooked egg. It was fabulous not making the meal for Christmas Eve. The man can cook!

Before the kids went to sleep he read "The Night before Christmas" as we snuggled by the fire.

Then we waited for Santa to transform our living room into toy paradise. I snapped this pic of the most epic Christmas present ever right after Santa left. Hush and I test drove the bounce house and then settled down for our "long" winter's nap.