Once the preparations for Christmas were done, we still had one last ornament craft at the museum. Lincoln and Marina had a great time painting a wooden spool and adding their own Christmas list to it.
Finally, the big day arrived!
Waiting for Christmas Eve dinner with the cousins.
All the cousins except Kaden: Ella, Lincoln, Jaxon, Kyle, Marina, and Carter
A Christmas Eve performance!
On Christmas morning, Lincoln and Marina had to wait for everyone to be awake before they could check out what Santa left.
Christmas morning smile - tired but happy
Look at the loot!
Marina got two new friends for Christmas - Flowers (the dog) and Waddles (the penguin)
Lincoln got a Hobbit Lego game - met with an "awesome!"
Marina and her friends watch a movie
Even when Marina was tired of the movie, her friends kept watching.
One of Marina's Christmas outfit. Stylin'!
To celebrate New Years, Ryan and I went to an Elvis tribute artist concert. It was a fun way to spend New Year's Eve.
Then, on New Year's day, we watched some Elvis concerts with the kids. Marina was inspired, and tried to pick up on some Elvis moves.
Even further inspired, Marina wrote her own song and agreed to perform it for the blog.
