We got a fancy camera for Christmas in hopes that the quality of our preserved memories will improve. Thus, why I'm going to try and resuscitate our dying blog, which has been comatose for at least a year (if not more). So, without further ado, pictures with witty captions from Christmas and New Year's Eve.
Bingo. It's the annual Christmas Eve tradition that keeps the kids away from the presents under the tree for at least a couple of hours. Noah has taken over the prize buying, and he always does a wonderful job of getting something for everyone. Note: the Ninja Turtle bubble bath was a HUGE hit, and the bottles are still being played with today. Each year the boys get a little better at putting their markers on their boards, and this year we were able to make it through several rounds at a nice pace.
We attempted family pictures in front of the tree with the new camera and a tripod. Almost everyone made into this shot. There aren't a lot of pictures of the Mr. and I lying around, so I'm a big fan of anything that documents that we were in the same place at the same time. Given the fact that we are dressed up, still, and smiling, well, you could just take me out to the graveyard and bury me today I'm so happy.
Ole' Handsome Brown Eyes. I never get tired of this guy.
Although he wasn't super cooperative, he was at least still. Gotta love Wyatt. He is a charmer.
Cyrus crawling up my lap in is new Christmas Jammies
More Modeling of Christmas Jammies
Christmas Morning After The Unwrapping Went Down
Many Lego sets were received, and many Lego sets were assembled. Amen.
He is so nonchalant about his loot, but he was actually pretty happy. He got art supplies, stickers, tangegrams, and books. He promptly put together a very large mural of piles of stickers covered with marker and glitter (mixed media, of course).
Silly face. Yes, they received Pringles from Santa. He's a smart man, that one.
Later that night, I took a few pictures with my camera to just expirament.
New Year's Eve was actually quite a bit of fun. We started the evening off by making a large banner that had drawings from things that we did/were important from 2013 (thank you Cyrus for donating your art supplies for the cause). Some highlights: watching Nacho Libre as a family, camping (Dad's favorite), Cyrus' hurt hand, Wyatt's newfound back massage skills, Minecraft, Mom's job at PAWS, and Ninjago. We hung up our banner and watched it fall down several times throughout the evening.
Before the party, Wyatt gave Dad a knee massage with a suave look.
Cyrus trying to jump on top of me. You can see the balloons that we hung up for our party. We popped one every hour or so. Inside was an activity/fun thing to do. They included: making homemade pizza, playing hide and seek, watching Nacho Libre (again) while eating nachos, making t-shirts, making duct tape wallets, eating candy, and toasting at midnight. They had a great time, although Cyrus only made it until nine, and the big boys were asleep by 12:09.
Cute Cal
Strong Cal in a Yoshi t-shirt
The Pizza Making
The drinking
The end.