Christmas Songs

Here is Emma TRYING to sing songs to Baby Jesus except big sister would like to help her out. I think it is sweet how Emma has her hands folded the whole time...

Angel singing Christmas Carols...until we both start coughing too much to continue

Emma singing some Christmas Carols too

Next Year's Gift

With all the new toys on Christmas morning...some how Angel thought it was more fun to pop every single bubble on the bubble wrap...guess a big roll of it would be a great gift for next year!!

Christmas Band

Ok, so we promise we will not take this on the road....but it was so funny. Angel was having a blast with her new instruments Christmas morning....she ended up giving everyone one to play. Then she decided to instruct and direct everyone...including the horse. So....mom asked for a song...and this is what we got!

Christmas 2009

Last year we started a new tradition while still keeping old ones. Now that we have little ones, it is much easier Christmas morning to stay at home. This way the kids can wake up, enjoy the fun Santa gift and stockings and not have to rush out of the house. We also have a family traditional breakfast of Spanish Omelet Sauce Eggs, Mimosas and Weinachtsbrot. So I have started hosting the family breakfast myself and really enjoyed it and so far the Weinachtsbrot has come out successfully every year. It was fun to have everyone at the house and watch the girls open their gifts from other family members. Mom got us all Christmas colored fleece shirts and we had fun taking some pictures. Emma got her horse from Santa (thank you Costco!) and Angel got a musical instrument set which she is THRILLED with (hoping my ears hold up!). It was fun this year to watch the girls get so excited about all the festivities!! Later in the day we head over to my parents house and enjoy time with family and then have a prime rib feast complete with Yorkshire Pudding for dinner. Hope you had a wonderful and Merry Christmas as well!!
Shocked and excited that Santa left gifts, they were frozen!

Emma was fascinated that the milk, cookies and carrots were GONE!!

Amazed that the stockings were all full!!

The traditional Weinachtsbrot

sleeping soundly in her Moses Basket

Decorating the Tree

The girls really enjoyed decorating the tree this year, and thanks to Meme (my grandma) they could easily decorate without mom worrying about them breaking ornaments. Meme has made all her grandchildren and great-grandchildren a Christmas ornament every year until they get married with our name and date on it. Here is a pic of this years ornaments for the girls. SO SPECIAL, I posted about it HERE last year. So now Angel, Emma and Michaela have their own collection to start using and they also enjoyed putting ALL of mine on the tree too!! Thank you Meme, a treasure!

Decades Apart

Here is a picture of the Christmas dresses my mom made for me and my sister years ago and one of us with my grandparents.....followed by my girls in the SAME dresses and then with their grandparents!! Too Cool!

Christmas Eve Recap

We have been going to Christmas Eve Mass (the children's mass) for several years now because my sister Alli sings in the Girls Choir. They did a beautiful job and always sound like angels singing. It was interesting trying to get all three girls ready in time to get there early....lucky for us my family was there and able to save us seats, it was a packed church!! The girls looked so pretty with their curly hair and so special because they were able to wear dresses MY mom made for ME and my sister years ago. Angelica and Emma loved going up to see Baby Jesus after mass was over. After mass we headed to my parents house for a yummy dinner and enjoyed taking some family pics! So many good ones I put them all in a slide show but try to post my favs.