Christmas Day

Christmas morning we spent with the Burk's and then the evening with the Chapman's.

We watched Justin open all his numerous gifts - mostly things to make him somehow more buff than he already is. We opened our gifts and ate too many treats from our stockings.

After a yummy breakfast and some relaxation, we headed over to the Chapman house. It snowed a ton Christmas Eve and Christmas morning so we decided to make a big snowman. The snow was so dense that wherever we rolled the snowball we uncovered the green grass underneath. We also quickly realized that the snow was too heavy to lift. Matt had to shave off some before we were able to lift them into place, and then we filled it in around the edges. Nina had a cute snowman kit with all the pieces (except the gloves, Matt's hands were a bit cold). We had the cutest snowman on the block. 

Trying to lift the VERY heavy snowball :)

 

The Chapman fam had a $5 cap on gifts this year. Needless to say, there were some creative gifts! Matt got a whole bunch of games/toys, including his fancy new gold grill! And Candice was VERY excited to get the mint-condition, never-been-opened Legs of Steel video, which might look familiar from October 2 years ago.

This was the least favorite toy of Elise and Sophie. This Tigger bounces up and down when you squeeze his tail, and gets faster and faster the more times you squeeze his tail. They were so scared of him. Elise even got to the point where she pushed him under the armoire and insisted that it stay at Grandma's house and not go home with her. And of course Matt was loving every chance he had to squeeze his tail whenever the girls were nearby - just to see their faces. Who knew Tigger would be so unpopular.

Taking a picture with a wiggly 2 yr old is not easy. I think this is the best one we got all night. But she sure is cute!