Christmas 2010

Christmas 2010 was the usual chaotic and crazy, yet thoroughly enjoyable, holiday for the McCauleys. I tried something a little different this year, though. I finished all of my shopping and baking and most of my wrapping BEFORE December 24th so I able to spend the day cleaning my house, getting the kids ready for Christmas Eve mass, and putting together a delicious lasagna dinner. After dinner on Christmas Eve, we played poker with Marc's brothers, Ryan and Sean....I'm not sure if it's a bad thing to teach our kids how to gamble at their ages, but we did it anyway. They loved it!

Christmas morning was spent at our home. The kids were all up at 6:09 am....and they were EXCITED! Watching the boys open boxes containing football helmets, pants and jerseys of their favorite teams was the highlight of the day. Unfortunately, Kellan has barely worn a regular pair of pants since. I hope he realizes he is not going to be able to wear those to school next week....this could get interesting. Megan was thrilled to receive an American Girl doll she has been mentioning almost hourly for the last few months....and has hardly touched since Christmas morning....sigh....

After opening gifts at home, we spent a few hours at my parents' house with my sisters. We gorged ourselves on a delicious brunch and reminisced about my grandparents and Christmases past....it was really nice. By 2:00, the kids were tired....and Marc and I were beyond tired....so we all headed home for a nap. That evening we went to Marc's parents' house for prime rib and Trivial Pursuit....a McCauley Christmas tradition. All in all, it was another great Christmas!

You may be wondering why no photos....well, I can't figure out where I put my camera. I will try to post some photos as soon as I find it, though!

OH....one more thing! This isn't really related to Christmas, but I just thought I would mention another new blog I've discovered....a RECIPE BLOG! It is called Suger and Spice and Everything Nice and the recipes are really great!