Haus House: Christmas

No cribs is sure an adventure! Bedtime is usually OK, put nap time is a different story! Today the kids( Elliott was the mastermind I am sure), got the gate open, were running around and knocked the space heater over and I am sure it is broken now. At least they didn't get hurt in the process. Make that 2 times getting out in 1 hour and 15 minutes. We played out in the snow for awhile this morning, all the kids had a good time. I thought it would wear them out so they would nap good, guess I was wrong about that! What a day!
They also are sitting at the table on big kid chairs, no booster seats, they are doing well with that too!
The other day I was having Duncan take a nap too, upstairs ( mistake). They made a slide out of the mattress. So I had Duncan come downstairs and the little ones did it on their own. What an adventure!
The week before Christmas on Wednesday, we had a snow storm. It knocked out the electricity here in town. We were without electric for almost 3 days. It came back on on Friday afternoon. We went to Adventureland Inn on Thursday afternoon, it was getting really cold and I knew when it got dark the house would cool off way fast. It was another adventure at the hotel. No one slept real well, but we managed. Tracy stayed home Thursday and Friday to help me, thank goodness, I would of went CRAZY!
We started Christmas off the Saturday before in Albia. Joni, Wayne, and Alex were back. We went to church with Grandpa, it went very well all the kids were very good! We had our gathering at an old church in Albia. It was lots of fun! Tracy and the kids came home, and I stayed in the hotel so I could actually visit! It was very nice. We spent Sunday morning at the hotel visiting and then the afternoon at Grandpa's house. We had lots of laughs!
Christmas Eve we had the Gruber get together at the Community Center in Runnells. It is always a fun time! We all gathered in the kitchen just like at all the Gruber get togethers! The kids had lots of room to run and play.
Mom and the Hawkins stayed the night on Christmas Eve. We got up Christmas morning and had a big breakfast. We went to mass at 11, Santa came while we were at church. It was really nice, the kids were good at Church again! We came home and Santa had been here. The kids got a train table, trucks, Olivia got some dolls. Lots and lots of new toys. They love them all. Aunt and Uncle and the Girls got them bathroom decor, the 5 little monkeys, Duncan loves it! I love it too, not something I would of bought for them, we just had a plain bathroom.
Duncan is on Christmas break, it is nice not to have to get up and rush around for school, but I will be glad to get back in a routine.