{"id":37498,"date":"2013-12-31T00:46:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T06:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/?p=37498"},"modified":"2013-12-31T07:00:11","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T13:00:11","slug":"christmas-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/31\/christmas-day-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nothing beats watching grateful happy kids experience freedom and joy on Christmas morning!  My prayer is that every child would feel as loved and comforted in the world.  We are so blessed, and I don\u2019t take a single day with my angel babies for granted.  They are my Christmas gifts from the love of my life!  Aww\u2026<\/p>\n

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A Christmas morning PondFam5 tradition!<\/p>\n

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Noelle literally dive bombed her couch, lol!<\/p>\n

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Noelle doesn\u2019t get to wear make-up as often as she would like, but on Christmas day, she got to have at it (see beautiful pics below)!!!  Anna Kate was loving her new house shoes, wedding veil, Nemo doll, and \u201csparkly purple bike with training wheels.\u201d  Yay!<\/p>\n

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\u201cI GOT BUZZZZZZZ!!!!\u201d  \u201cNEEEEMMMMOOOO!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Monster Mash!  You will be seeing much more of these guys this year!  \"Winking<\/p>\n

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Love the girls\u2019 new monogram stockings from Santa!  One of my favorite finds this year were some vintage toys from Fisher Price for the girls!  I don\u2019t know how I got lucky enough to happen upon them, but they are in perfect condition, and I remember ones like them so fondly from my childhood!  I plan on keeping these around forever!  (On the hearth behind Rose is the scrolling London Bridge<\/em> and Row, Row, Row your Boat<\/em> TV thingy, remember those?  If you don\u2019t, come check it out!)<\/p>\n

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Lite Brite with Daddy and cuddles with Rara and Jax!  Love your new house shoes, Cutie Kate!  Rara, you are my hero, and you know all of the reasons why.  XOXO<\/p>\n

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Full speed ahead!  Our third girl asserts herself SO well and knows exactly what she wants!  Tell us all about it, baby Rose!<\/p>\n

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With much hesitation, Noelle decided to give her bike a try.  She was NOT a fan!  That girls rocks it out with trying new foods and tarantulas but has such a fear of falling.  Hopefully she\u2019ll want to ride her bike, because Noelle can do whatever she puts her mind to doing! <\/p>\n

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I just remembered I bought helmets for the girls, but I have no clue where they are!  How did that happen!?!  Oops!<\/p>\n

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And off they go!<\/p>\n

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Next up was Christmas dinner and fun at Kay Kay and Grandpapa\u2019s!<\/p>\n

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Anna Kate had bronchitis, but she was still so cute!  Noelle did an awesome job with her coloring\/shading before dinner!  Kay Kay even had little appetizers for the girls; so sweet!<\/p>\n

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Love a spunky red-nosed reindeer in front of the tree on Christmas night!  Ta-da!<\/p>\n

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Thank you KK and GPP!  Anna Kate was beyond thrilled about her cash register!  She plays store ALL the time, so much so that her old cash register broke!  She was super excited, as you can see by her precious smile and dancing eyes!  <\/p>\n

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After opening lots of wonderful books, stuffed animals and a mouse house for Rose, Noelle got something she has been dreaming about for a long time: a new Fashion Portfolio from Justice.  These design books keep her busy for hours and hours, and the outfits she creates truly are amazing (I couldn\u2019t think them up, for real)!  If you ever want to see some raw talent, come check out her books.  They are all filled up with beautiful designs!!!  So, he was fresh out of models and materials, and Kay Kay new exactly what to pick out for Noelle.  So cool!  And I love Anna Kate\u2019s little hands showing off her new cash register in the picture on the right.  Rose was off playing with her mouse house.  (I\u2019m giddy about how this Christmas post just ended with that sentence; so perfect!)<\/p>\n

Thank you to all of our family and friends for making this Christmas so special!  We\u2019ll hold all of it in our hearts! (and next year I\u2019ll get a picture with me in it too, no matter what) \"Winking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

   Nothing beats watching grateful happy kids experience freedom and joy on Christmas morning!  My prayer is that every child would feel as loved and comforted in the world.  We are so blessed, and I don\u2019t take a single day with my angel babies for granted.  They are my Christmas gifts from the love of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37498"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37513,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37498\/revisions\/37513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}