On a cold night, the kids liked to play dress up and use their imaginations to play whatever comes to their mind, even William couldn't escape. This pirate picture is fitting since we sometimes call him "One Eyed Willy."
One of the activities that we did on Christmas Eve was to make graham cracker houses since I was too lazy to make the gingerbread. I remember making these in elementary school so I thought it would be fun for us to do. I did, however, underestimate how hard they are to build. After making the royal icing, Elizabeth and I had a few tries before we were able to keep it standing and so did Isaac and Jim. They ended up being "modern" graham crackers but we had fun making them and so did the kids.
This was our first Christmas that we stayed put and didn't make it back to CA to spend it with family. Surprisingly we were all ok with it. Maybe it was because we saw family a few weeks earlier for the birth of William and Thanksgiving not to mention all the gifts that kept arriving at our house from them. We didn't feel forgotten. We were excited to have our first white Christmas, but it wasn't white, just cold! It was fun to stay in our pj's and not run back and forth between houses all day. We were able to skype with our family and have the kids open the presents while skyping so the family in CA could be a part of it. It was a nice quiet day where the kids played with their new toys and Jim and I watched them.
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