J stayed home with the children and the piles of presents, half-opened boxes and huge pile of opened boxes/parts to secure toys to boxes/parts of toys we didn't know how to secure to the toy.
While at home, J and the children shoveled our front door walkway, brought more wood into the house, got caught up on "chicken chores", played with all their new toys and did a 'whole lotta nothing.'
Before the big snowstorm, we had a "cord of wood" delivered to our house. A cord of wood is 4 x 4 x 8 of stacked, dried wood. Definitely something I did not know before moving to the farm and having a wood-burning stove.
Here are some pictures of the children helping to stack the wood in the barn:
Highlights of our first, "Country Christmas":
-Our crazy looking Christmas tree with white lights, colored lights and bubble lights.
-All of us in the basement opening boxes hoping to find our ornaments! Mama found them!
-Opening presents in front of a warm fire
-Making a "Winter Wheat Berry" salad for Christmas day
-Time with family and friends
-Listening to the children's sleep sounds while driving home on a dark but clear night
-Singing "Happy Birthday" to baby Jesus
-Listening to each 'cousin' sing their favorite Christmas song
-Finding new Christmas cards in the mailbox- at times, covered in a tiny bit of snow
-Eating Mimi's fudge
-Eating Auntie Jess' variety of desserts while J and I wrapped presents late Christmas Eve
-A "White Christmas" with many hours of playing in the snow
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