2 Christmas Day 2007

After a late night, we got a good night's sleep. We actually woke the girls up at 8am, which is an hour after they usually get up! Allie was a bit slow to wake, until Nate asked her is she wanted to see if Santa had come. That was all it took and she was up! She was excited to see Santa had brought her the scooter and helmet she had asked for, but kept saying "now Lou needs one." (Lou is her best friend next door) How sweet! She also got a load of dress-ups. I'm so glad I got the plastic rubber-maid drawer unit to keep them in, too.

I also sewed the playhouse tent that slips over a card table, complete with matching pillows of all sizes.


Note to self: LESS IS MORE!
I didn't think we had many gifts for the girls, but after un-wrapping about 3 gifts Allie was done. She just wanted to play. Even after opening more throughout the day, there were still 3 under the tree after she went to bed. I've stored then in my closet for a rainy day. By far, her favorite gift was a talking/singing plush Strawberry Shortcake doll. Of course this is because it was the cheapest gift of all...in fact it was free! I've been hunting for Strawberry related gifts for months, since Allie is a total fan of "Straw-Cake". I guess this isn't her year because I couldn't find much. I was complaining to my neighbor Teresa when she offered this doll that she had gotten for one of her girls a few years ago, but that they hadn't played with in years. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

The Sorensen clan joined us for our traditional Christmas morning BRUNCH.
(no pictures - what was I thinking?)
We had hash browns, bacon, sasage, eggs, & some undercooked Christmas rolls.
I've got to try my sister-in-law's recipe again!

Christmas afternoon was spent at Nate's brother Paul's house. His wife, Maho, is an excellent hostest & we had a fabulous HAM dinner & more games.

Grandma JoAnne & Grandpa Eldon Schwartz got Allie a set of play jewelry & 8 pairs of dress-up shoes. Talk about bling-this girls is set!