We had dozens of cookies to decorate, and most of us, usually, just decorate them very quickly. Smith has always been the one who takes his cookie decorating very seriously. He will only decorate a couple of cookies, but those cookies will be works of art! This year, we had Neely with us, and she surprised us with her cookie decorating skills and gave Smith a run for his money.
Afterwards, we all went to our church's Christmas Eve service. Then we came home and got ready for Santa to visit.
Sims was definitely spoiled with all the gifts that he was given this year. Santa brought him a kitchen and many kitchen accessories.
Currently, Sims has a nicer kitchen than we do. Give us a couple of months though!
As you can see, he also received a raccoon figurine (along with other North American animals), a Carolina Hurricanes sweater and a doll stroller, which he promptly used to take "Jennifer" for a ride. Have I mentioned that he renamed his Grinch doll Jennifer. He loves Jennifer, and she is one Christmas toy that did not get put up with the rest of the Christmas decorations.
I was also very spoiled and even received a kitchen sink.
Of course, this is the one we will start using in less than 2 weeks, when our kitchen will be gutted. We will be forced to clean dishes in the bath tub with our new kitchen sink.
We spent the rest of Christmas Day at Alex and Neely's hanging out with my family and overeating.
Then we headed to Charlotte to be with Jason's family for a few days.
While we were there, we went to the Discovery Place,
helped Tina make some big decisions on coats by recreating her daily experience of riding the Tube in London,
and tried out different moustaches.
You know, the usual.
We had a great Christmas, and we got back in time to do nothing for New Year's Eve, which was exactly what we wanted. I hope you all had wonderful holidays, too!
How can you call watching Downton Abbey until one in the morning on New Year's Eve nothing?!
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