Christmas in Yutan

 

Maggie was excited to see Dora on her new robe and then excited to find a Barney dvd hiding inside the robe!

 

Mena liked her new baby doll carrier and diaper bag.  They are getting played with a lot!

Maggie got a bowling set from Jake which has gotten used by the girls and their cousins when Peyton and Tyler came to spend the night.

Mena got a princess robe and a Barney movie.  Mena wears her robe to bed at night and then takes it off after about 5 minutes when she gets hot!

Mena got a princess story book that she creates the story by rolling the dice to see what happens next.  It's been fun to read with the girls although it is much easier to read on the floor than in my lap!

Maggie got a set of 4 princesses with clothespin style clothes that they can change on the dolls.  Thank goodness there are four dolls because Mena really likes this one, too!

Mena got Hungry Hippos from Tyler which all the kids have enjoyed a lot!  I bought Jake one for his birthday since he played with it so much on Christmas!  Good thing he can't read yet so he won't know what he's getting from us in February!

Maggie and Mena opened two shoe boxes and inside was taped a piece of paper with half a picture of a doll house.

Maggie looked at me and told me the box was empty!  She was truly stumped and disappointed that the box had nothing in it.  I showed the girls how together it made a picture of a doll house, but they looked at me like "So what? I didn't ask for a picture of a doll house!"

Mena's face was so excited to see Grandpa coming down the hallway carrying a box with the doll house in it!  Maggie was still trying to figure out the empty box as she looked at Grandpa.

 

Wow!  A real doll house!  They wanted to open it immediately but since it was "some assembly required" I told them they needed to wait until everyone went home.

Mom was excited to receive a Colton Dixon cd from us.  At some point Dad opened his Christmas gift but he was so busy helping the kids with their new toys that it was quite a bit later.  I also got them straps to hold their pant legs on bike rides and money.  Mom bought a cover for her ipad that Dad got her for Christmas and Dad bought a battery for one of his tools.  Mom and Dad gave me a membership to the Lincoln Zoo, a state park pass, and money that I used to buy a filing cabinet.

It was a great day!