Merry Christmas!
Sorry I didn’t get a Christmas post up earlier. We once again traveled on Christmas Day, as it is a great (not busy) day to fly and then celebrated with the Van Houten clan on the 26th.
We stayed busy the whole Christmas season, doing different activities, watching Christmas movies, and trying to do “Christmas-y” things.
The ornaments were rearranged the next morning, to make up for the lack of height on the part of the ornament placers.
We celebrated with our little family on Christmas Eve. The girls got mini Build-a-Bear kits, Legos (I’m sure the girls will love them if Dan ever lets them play–he’s kind of a Lego hog), and a couple games.
The girls with their new kitchen from GabbaGreat and Aunt Jean. There will be many great memories with this, as playing in the kitchen is one of their favorite things to do.
I can throw away my homemade one–it lasted us 2 good years. 
We saved stocking stuffers and the annual “Stair Picture” for Christmas morning. I’ll have to make that a separate post. 
Posted by David Van Houten on December 27, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Merry Christmas to you and all the Schenkels everywhere. It’s great to see the girls with their Christmas smiles, but it’s even better to have them here at our house. We will miss the homemade kitchen set; you did a great job making that set.
Posted by Leah Schnyders on January 9, 2012 at 4:52 pm
It was so much fun having you all in Kalamazoo for Christmas! It was fun to walk into Grandpa and Grandma’s house, to see not only them, but you all as well. Now,I’m just wondering what Noelle will say when she notices that Aliyah and Liv aren’t there.:(