Christmas

Our Christmas was low-key and fun.  We had to do a little grocery shopping, but otherwise we just hung out.  Dex is a little obsessed with sharks and begged me to make him one.  I kept telling him no and that it would have to wait until after Christmas so I can figure out a pattern.  He looked at me and said, "ugh!...ummm, blue, black, blue, black, blue, black.  There, there's a pattern.  Now can you please make me my shark?"  How can you resist that?  So that is what I did.  2 1/2 hours later he had his shark.

Here is Shark Boy and his shark.

Shark Boy showing off his shark teeth.

Then Santa stopped by and dropped off some goodies for the kids.

Juliette's

She got a cute treehouse with a fairy family.

I finally got her rocking horse finished.  We found it by the dumpster.  It turned out gorgeous!  I'm not sure refinishing stuff is my forte, but I stained it, painted the rockers black, and added the mane. It is pretty cute.  Juliette likes to get on it and snuggle into it's mane.  Totally worth the stress.

Dexter's

He got a construction set with a tower crane that can be a wrecking ball, claw, or hook.  It even knocks down the clock tower.  It's pretty cute and Santa scored an awesome deal on it!

We'll be learning to ride a 2 wheeler possibly this summer. If not, we'll take the pedals off and he'll have a balance bike.  Ashton found that bike beside the dumpster about a year ago and it just needed a new seat.  Easy peasy and practically free.

And last, here is what our advent nativity looked like this year.

We were spoiled for Christmas and may need to not get anything new for about 5+ years.