Life with the Richardsons: December 2009

I started this post weeks ago but kept putting it off so here I am FINALLY finishing it! December was busy for us (like it is for most people). Busy taking care of the house, kids, shopping and Christmas shopping, and working almost everyday at Kohls. Pretty much everyday at Kohls was super busy! Lines and lines of people in the checkout line, cleaning up after people who leave piles and piles of clothes on the floor, people dumping stuff in the department because they decided not to buy it, babysit children because the parents don't pay attention to their kids climbing over and under the racks, the list goes on...don't get me wrong I like my job but during the holidays, I don't. December was also good with getting ready for Christmas, enjoying the nice weather, seeing how happy and excited the kids were for Christmas, looking at the Christmas lights and spending time with family on Christmas day! Here are a few pictures of what we did...

Kayla and Samantha making Christmas cookies

Kayla's 4th grade Christmas program. The theme was "The Night Before Christmas" where they wore their pjs, recited the poem and sang cute songs! Kayla is wearing pink and brown pjs close to the middle. They all did a great job!

The girls with their new pj's that they always open on Christmas Eve. Kayla's are Christmas/Wintery and Samantha's are Hello Kitty

Milk and cookies left for Santa...Santa thought they were delish!

The reindeer food Samantha left out on our walkway.

Christmas morning the girls woke us up about 7am and we all headed out into the living room to see what Santa brought. They first opened their stockings, then Samantha checked outside to see if the reindeer ate the food she left. Her reaction was priceless! She screamed at the top of her lungs in excitement! I got in on video but the file is too big to upload on here. Then we opened the rest of our gifts. The girls got a lot of the same gifts like 2 Webkinz, Webkinz t-shirts, and a necklace with their initial. But the BIG present they got was a Wii! They had been asking for a Wii since last Christmas! They were so happy to get a Wii that I don't think they really cared that much for the rest of their presents! HaHa Jake and I didn't get much for eachother, he got a wallet, and pjs with some candy and nuts. I got a popcorn popper, a pillow and a tennis racket. I don't play tennis but I guess Jake thinks I need to start taking it up!
Anyways, this is the only picture I took on Christmas morning. I took a lot of video but they are too big to post here. I really should of thought about taking more pictures.

Later that day we went over to my mom's house where we opened presents, ate a Italian dinner, and visited with family.

Samantha and Kayla opening presents from their grandma and grandpa with my mother's bright yellow furniture in the background. Ugh I hate this furniture! She's had that since before I was born! I keep telling her to get rid of it, but for some reason she won't part with it.