christmas

(disclaimer: there are a lot more pictures to add here, and i will get around to adding them eventually. but if i don't post this before my pictures are up, it will be february before you even hear about my christmas. so for now, enjoy reading. and know that if you check back, eventually there will be pictures. although i can't guarantee how fast.)

christmas this year was fun. and eventful.

we spent it with mike's parents and siblings, and it was a blast to have everyone together.

christmas eve, we woke up early in the morning and got in a little bit of last last minute shopping.

and then we met all mike's siblings for some candlepin bowling. it's one of the greatest things about new hampshire, and one of my favorite things to do with tennyson at this point in life. i only wish we had one closer to us.

and then it was time to head to mike's parent's house for some christmas eve dinner. we did our traditional poppers, and all donned our hats for the meal. it was delicious. we all performed magic tricks for each other after the meal that we had gotten in our poppers. a couple of them were cool. the rest, well, they weren't as cool.

unfortunately, tennyson was a bit overwhelmed with all the commotion and went on a hunger strike for any and all food that wasn't mcdonalds. c'est la vie. he enjoyed his christmas eve dinner of french fries while watching his favorite movie. all in all, not a bad deal for him.

once the kids were in bed, we watched some old family movies that his brother pulled out the night before, and some of them moved us to tears (from laughing so hard).

around midnight, we woke the kids up to move them back to our hotel room. when we got to our room, tennyson seemed to know what was looming on the horizon, because he didn't want to go back to sleep. he saw mike stash the stockings under the tv and perked right up out of his bed and started crying because he wanted the "stuck".

luckily, he was tired enough that he quit the fight easily and went back to sleep.

and in the morning, we all got our "stuck".

then we got ready and headed back to grammy's house for some breakfast and to hang out until we opened presents that afternoon. and boy, was it hard for tennyson to wait until the afternoon.

and like usual, our kids were spoiled.

after presents were done, we all headed up north into the mountains for a special dinner and three day stay at a resort. but that's another post for another time.