Christmas

For Christmas this year, I found a used sewing table that I wanted.  So when Mario agreed to give it to me as a gift, I thought of a clever way to wrap it to fool the kids into thinking it was a new television. Nate had shot an air soft bullet in the family room and hit our other tv, so we have been living with a orange spot on the tv for months now.  The kids have been begging for us to replace it and we kept telling them no.  We decided Christmas would be a good time to replace it.  So we asked our neighbors to store the new one in their basement.  On Christmas Eve,  I took the kids to Target for some last minute items and Mario snuck over and retrieved the new tv from the neighbor and wrapped it and put it in our closet so the kids wouldn't see it.

We put the sewing machine into our old tv box and then wrapped it.  So Christmas morning, the kids all saw the big box and assumed it was a tv.  That was the last gift opened and the disappointment on their faces was priceless when I pulled out my sewing table.  We didn't let the disappointment last too long though.  We told them the Elves were hiding their last gift and they quickly found their new tv. Mario and I had so much fun tricking them though, especially Eric.

Although it didn't snow on Christmas, we had a beautiful day just hanging out as a family.  The next few days after Christmas got into the 50's and 60's so we really treasured those warm days and did a lot of things outside.  Now it's back to being really cold so we are all bundled up inside.

The sewing machine wrapped up

Everyone got new socks

Nate did it again, got Zach an awesome gift

A new quilt for Erin to hide under

Nate made this pillow for Erin

Boys got new R/C cars

Nate got Eric a new towel (we are a practical family)

Eric's new Sperrys

Zach giving Mario his new camping utensil set

Zach got Nate the game Blokus, which Mario and I love

Eric got boys new Lego books

I got Mario and new Ipad mini and kept it secret from him which is no small feat

They found the new tv