Christmas 2017 | Part Two

In keeping with our family tradition, we wanted to be at our house for Christmas morning, so we hung out in Dallas for the holiday weekend. The fun started at the Lockwoods' house for Christmas Eve-Eve pajama dinner.

And it was an extra-special celebration, because we got to meet cousin Ben :).

The next day, we enjoyed a gloriously lazy day at the house complete with cookie making and Christmas movie watching. 

The kids were soooooo excited for Santa's arrival, but still managed to fall asleep pretty quickly. 

And I guess they made the good list, because Santa was certainly good to the kids. 

In addition to the stocking stuffers, Ava's main gifts from Santa were a Beauty and the Beast Lego set, a "real" makeup set, and a Barbie house. I didn't get any pictures of her gifts from us, but we got her some fun light-up unicorn slippers, a new ballet outfit, erasable markers + a sketchbook, a secret code bracelet making kit, and Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. (We generally follow the "something you'll wear, something you'll read, something you want, something you need" mantra.)

Rylan's number one request for months was for a "Batman shooter," and luckily Santa was able to find an awesome Batman tool belt complete with a shooter.

He also got a set of Star Wars figurines, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, and a Playmobil pirate set.

His favorite stocking stuffer was definitely the tiny laser guns. Shocker.

From us, Ry got dragon slippers, a big kid backpack, a Design & Drill toy, Dragons Love Tacos 2, and a velcro monster paw ball thingy (not sure how else to describe it)... 

The kids also both got Nerf guns from Santa. This all came about because the neighbor kids have Nerf gun battles down the street, and Team Shep needed to represent. 

I think Josh was just as excited for the first battle :).

It was such a wonderful Christmas. We hung out all day playing with new toys and watching more movies before packing up for Austin.