Grandma and Pawpaw Hamby wanted the kids to come over and help decorate the tree with them this year. Afterwards, they were each given an early Christmas gift. They were SO excited by this news!
Tyler got a Lightning McQeen snow globe that he has wanted for about a year now. He discovered that he "needed" one for his room last Christmas when Lana got one from her Auntie in Utah. Too bad he tripped while holding it no more than 30 minutes after opening it, resulting in a broken Lightning snow globe and one sad little boy! Luckily we were able to get another one during the after Christmas sale for a great price!
Allison was also super pleased with her gift - a My Melody purse. She was more than willing to model it for us too!
On Christmas Eve, we attended a party with my mom's side of the family. We have a yummy dinner and do a fun ornament exchange. We also took a couple pictures with my 91-year-old Grandma!
She's amazing for 91. She still gets around and does everything on her own!
I will be reporting on Christmas morning in my next post, but for Christmas night we got together with my mom and dad and my sister's family (along with Grandma and Grandpa Hadley, who were visiting) for food and more present opening. Here are Tyler and Allison opening gifts from Auntie Vanessa, Uncle Jon, Keilana, and Kayden.
Then it was time to open gifts from Grandma and Grandpa Hadley. Tyler and Allison were exstatic to have them come and stay with us again for Christmas this year!
Tyler got a bucket of Cars themed games and a Lightning McQueen laptop! What DON'T they make in Cars?!
Allison got her 3rd baby doll and a Little People Airport!
Allison is lucky that her Grandma and Grandpa Hadley love her so much. They paid $6 for a small container of watermelon in California and brought it all the way with them here, so that she could enjoy her favorite fruit on Christmas! Doesn't that face just make it worth it though?! ;)
For New Year's, we headed up to our cabin in North Carolina. While we were there, the kids got the rest of their Christmas presents from Grandma and Pawpaw Hamby. They decided to do it Scavenger Hunt style and hide all the gifts for them to find. It was a blast!
Here is Allison locating her first gift!
This is the classic look given by Tyler when he is genuinely surprised and happy about something. He was overjoyed to find his first gift hiding in the microwave!
Allison got some adorable outfits to add to her collection. Each time she opened one, she modeled it for everyone!
Tyler actually already knew he was going to be getting this Lightning pillow, yet still shows so much enthusiasm. He is such an appreciative little guy!
3 comments:
What a fun Christmas! Tyler gives the best expressions for photos! So sad to hear his story about the snow globe. Glad he was able to receive a replacement!
Cute pictures of the kids expressions. Tyler does show great enthusiasm no matter what. Even bowling, each time it was his turn, it was like he was getting to bowl for the FIRST time. I love it. That was so nice that Allison was able to eat watermelon on Christmas Day ALL the way from California. She appeared to be very content with the bowl in front of her and she freaking looks JUST like you in that picture. I need to squeeze her, aaaaah!
We had so much fun with all of you at the cabin doing our "scavenger hunt" for Christmas presents this year. Maybe we can do this again next year too if you enjoyed it as well. Hope you all had a very "Merry Christmas". With our LOVE, PaPaw and Grandma Hamby (A.K.A. "MeMaw")
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