Merry Christmas to all our family & friends. The wonderful day is now coming to a close. I'm exhausted & we even slept in until 9:30 am. We love it now that the kids sleep in too. So this first picture is for Ma Key & Poppa. Here is your gift. I'll ship it as soon as I know when you're headed home. Our framed family photo & a few crocheted wash cloths. Just a little something. Thank you for the gifts too! We're hoping you're having a great time with the Gillett family. We miss you & wish you a very Merry Christmas. As you can see our family is changing so much. The kids are getting so BIG. If anyone else wants some wash cloths just let me know. I've been going to town. Haven't done it for awhile since this month has been so busy.
These next pictures are as crazy as our family is. Austin thought it would be fun to attempt a few "Minute to Win It" games. We all had to go to the bathroom first to make sure that when we were laughing hysterically which we were that there weren't any accidents. These first two of me I put in the wrong order. The challenge was to start with the cookie on your forehead & through a little shimmy shake & twitches move the cookie to your mouth. I was laughing so hard I was shedding massive tears. But as you can see most of us eventually did it.
This next one doesn't show the tears but you can see I was laughing really hard. Of course the on lookers were laughing hard too which made it worse :)
Preston made each of these games look so easy. Then it was your turn & it wasn't easy, that's for sure. Have you all seen this show on tv? It's one of our favorites. The games are great family fun. If you haven't tried this at home maybe give it a whirl for New Years Eve. I think we're doing it again then with some friends. We'll try different games. Just look them up on the MTWI website.
Austin had the whole face movin & twitchin the whole time. Pretty fun I must say. The kiddos will remember this Christmas Eve for a long time.
Here's Whitney in the starting position. She twitched so much that the cookie kept falling off her face.
The next game we played was to stack three golf balls like a snowman. I didn't think there was any possible way to do this. Here's how it went for 3 of us. Give it a try. It's pretty cool. Be patient & don't let your hands shake (Poppa).
I know it doesn't look real but they really are stacked on top of each other. The pics look fake, huh?
Poor Whitney. No make up. She's been sick with the flu for the last 3 days. We quarantined her until Christmas Eve in her room. She got it from the two darling babies she had been babysitting earlier in the week. Feeling good on Christmas Eve though thank goodness. The first meal she'd had in 3 days. We ate Turkey Sandwiches with cranberry sauce & Havarti cheese. Yummy. Delicious. One of our favorites in the Herrick house.
Preston of course was the first one to accomplish the "mission" & the quickest of course. It took me like 10 minutes. I think he was under 2. Precision work of course!
Next game: No hands, using a straw (not a swirly one but it's all we had) inhale & attach a M&M to the straw & transfer it to another location. We were spitting, snorting & laughing amongst other noises. Austin was really good at this one.
The last game was to blow Christmas cards across a table & make the one side fall off so that it was hanging off the table. If you blew it all the way off you failed the mission. Mine kept collapsing before they even got to the end of the table. Really fun stuff! You all need to try these or many others that you would find incredible fun & entertaining. We love you all! Hope you all had a great Christmas day. We hope Santa made it to each of your homes as he did to ours. I'll share more photos tomorrow of the big day. I can't wait to share what I got. Santa was incredibly generous & insightful. Until then have a good night sleep. Happy Birthday tomorrow to JoLee. Wishing we could be there for your baptism. We still remember the night we were at your house & your Mom went to the hospital. We anxiously awaited the phone call to hear the good news! Happy 8th bday. We are so excited for you! Turning 8 & being baptized is a very memorable day for everyone. Enjoy! Merry Christmas from the Herrick household to yours!
These next pictures are as crazy as our family is. Austin thought it would be fun to attempt a few "Minute to Win It" games. We all had to go to the bathroom first to make sure that when we were laughing hysterically which we were that there weren't any accidents. These first two of me I put in the wrong order. The challenge was to start with the cookie on your forehead & through a little shimmy shake & twitches move the cookie to your mouth. I was laughing so hard I was shedding massive tears. But as you can see most of us eventually did it.
This next one doesn't show the tears but you can see I was laughing really hard. Of course the on lookers were laughing hard too which made it worse :)
Preston made each of these games look so easy. Then it was your turn & it wasn't easy, that's for sure. Have you all seen this show on tv? It's one of our favorites. The games are great family fun. If you haven't tried this at home maybe give it a whirl for New Years Eve. I think we're doing it again then with some friends. We'll try different games. Just look them up on the MTWI website. 
Austin had the whole face movin & twitchin the whole time. Pretty fun I must say. The kiddos will remember this Christmas Eve for a long time.
Here's Whitney in the starting position. She twitched so much that the cookie kept falling off her face.
The next game we played was to stack three golf balls like a snowman. I didn't think there was any possible way to do this. Here's how it went for 3 of us. Give it a try. It's pretty cool. Be patient & don't let your hands shake (Poppa).
I know it doesn't look real but they really are stacked on top of each other. The pics look fake, huh?
Poor Whitney. No make up. She's been sick with the flu for the last 3 days. We quarantined her until Christmas Eve in her room. She got it from the two darling babies she had been babysitting earlier in the week. Feeling good on Christmas Eve though thank goodness. The first meal she'd had in 3 days. We ate Turkey Sandwiches with cranberry sauce & Havarti cheese. Yummy. Delicious. One of our favorites in the Herrick house.
Preston of course was the first one to accomplish the "mission" & the quickest of course. It took me like 10 minutes. I think he was under 2. Precision work of course!
Next game: No hands, using a straw (not a swirly one but it's all we had) inhale & attach a M&M to the straw & transfer it to another location. We were spitting, snorting & laughing amongst other noises. Austin was really good at this one.
The last game was to blow Christmas cards across a table & make the one side fall off so that it was hanging off the table. If you blew it all the way off you failed the mission. Mine kept collapsing before they even got to the end of the table. Really fun stuff! You all need to try these or many others that you would find incredible fun & entertaining. We love you all! Hope you all had a great Christmas day. We hope Santa made it to each of your homes as he did to ours. I'll share more photos tomorrow of the big day. I can't wait to share what I got. Santa was incredibly generous & insightful. Until then have a good night sleep. Happy Birthday tomorrow to JoLee. Wishing we could be there for your baptism. We still remember the night we were at your house & your Mom went to the hospital. We anxiously awaited the phone call to hear the good news! Happy 8th bday. We are so excited for you! Turning 8 & being baptized is a very memorable day for everyone. Enjoy! Merry Christmas from the Herrick household to yours!