Goodbye Christmas

It's the day after Christmas. Good bye Christmas! We'll miss you so very, very, very much!

I'm going to miss this tree and this view

I'm already halfway done with my Christmas break. The month of December came and went way too fast! It'll be so sad when all the Christmas decorations are put away. During the first week of break, we didn't really do much. The kids did a lot of movie watching because I was so tired or so focused on cleaning/organizing. Nesting is in 50% effect right now!

Celebrating the first day of Christmas break with some fraps

Prime rib dinner made by yours truly

Making snow angels right AFTER I had just made the bed!

My little sous chef

Mommy on break = play date with friends

More play dates

 My cute little poop heads

 Right before Christmas, the mister and I ditched the kids to celebrate my 30th birthday (yes, I will forever be 30... till I turn 40). 

 Happy birthday to me!

Rare fancy schmancy meal

Back to Christmas stuff... on Christmas Eve, we went up to San Bruno to celebrate with Dan's side of the family. It's crazy to think that next Christmas, there's going to be a baby added to the mix! 

Why, Char, why? Why are you so strange?!

The calm before the presents

Presents galore for Lucas

Presents galore for Charlotte

Posing with the grandparents

Last year, I decided to start a tradition with the kids. The furniture is moved around a bit so the kids can sleep in their sleeping bag in front of the Christmas tree. We came back pretty late so the kids fell asleep quite quickly. That was a great thing since "Santa" was getting pretty tired and wanted to "eat" the biscotti and lay out the presents before "Santa" went to bed too. 

Sound asleep within ten minutes

 All is calm

 The morning after... presents opened, watching the W's game

 Christmas dinner with my side of the family

Shopping the morning after Christmas

 The elfie family

... and that was Christmas in a nutshell! Next up, cleaning the house a bit, organizing the closets, and working on baby and school stuff! Hope you (whoever you are) had a great Christmas as well!