A Nerf-Fighting, Paso Doble-Dancing, Ham-Passing, Three Christmas Day

Christmas Day started off early (well, it seemed almost TOO early after a super late night before!) with our first of three Christmases that day in Ankeny. Lillyonna was more than excited to try on all her new clothes by immediately stripping down to try on her new Minnie Mouse pajamas and then her pretty Christmas dress! Cael was anxious to open his ginormous box to find a Nerf gun set, which quickly got put to use and there were Nerf bullets flying EVERYWHERE! We also enjoyed a tasty breakfast of pancakes and bacon before getting ready to head out to our next destination :)


Christmas number two was on the south side of Des Moines where Lilly found her Rockin Elmo from Santa and Kara found her electric drumsticks! So once all the presents were open and lunch was being prepared, all the new toys were put to use right away. Lilly spent the rest of the morning jamming out with Elmo and dancing the Paso Doble with anyone who would dance with her, and Kara was drumming on anything she could find :)


Our third and final destination was Grandma Krueger's house that afternoon. Dinner was almost ready, but everyone needed to sample the ham before we got started. Lilly thought this was a fun game, so she insisted a piece of ham be passed through the divider at least ten times :) We filled our tummies with more delicious food (not that we weren't already STUFFED from eating only a few hours prior!) After the gifts were open, we spent the remainder of the evening enjoying each others company as a family, and of course only picking on each other a few times :)