Reindeer Games and a little more Christmas!

My sister and her family came to visit the day after Christmas so we got to celebrate an extended holiday!

Little T thinking about how he was going to get that train table out of the box.

We played our family's 2nd Annual Minute To Win It games. The pictures speak for themselves!

Don't these winners look familiar? They won the tacky sweater contest and the Minute to Win It games!!

A Holly Jolly Christmas

A few snapshots from Christmas morning...

The kiddos were up bright and early to see what jolly St. Nick had left! AP really wanted a DS and a new Baby Alive. C really wanted a go-kart. Santa delivered both!

Last year we decided that Christmas Day afternoon was a great time to catch a movie so we did that again this year. We took the kiddos to see "We Bought A Zoo". Although it was a really cute movie, there were a few lines that were a little too "mature" for the kiddos to hear, but AP promptly repeated!

They have both really enjoyed riding the go-kart. We have had unusually warm weather since Christmas and the kiddos can be found riding around our cul-de-sac most of the time!

I just love this last picture!

Tacky Sweater Christmas Eve

Our family decided to have a tacky sweater-themed Christmas Eve. I thought it would be cute AND tacky to make us all matching elf shirts- Mamma Elf, Daddy Elf, Nanna Elf, Big Elf C, and Lil Elf AP.

We all voted Survivor-style by looking into a camera and casting our vote for the tackiest sweaters. We voted for my cousin J below and his fiance. Their trees lit up and on the back it said "Merry Elfin' Christmas"! They ended up winning, too.

Way too many gifts later, we headed home to spread reindeer food in the front yard.

The kiddos were super excited about Santa's pending arrival. We had been tracking his location throughout the day on Daddy's phone so they hurried to bed and were out in a flash!

Cookies for Santa

Nanna supervised,

the table was covered in flour,

we taste tested,

and covered every inch with frosting, sprinkles, and candy!

I hope Santa liked them!