If you read in the Christmas Eve post about Jim being sick, you might be wondering how Christmas morning went. JT woke up about 5:30 crying that his throat hurt to swallow. 😦 I tucked him back in bed and Jim, meanwhile, got up to throw up. He said he felt much better and then we woke up about eight, along with Haley, who was excited to open her stocking. Then I popped our blueberry french toast casserole in the oven and puttered around until JT got up, at about 9:30. We ate breakfast and then JT opened his stocking.
Then that was enough for poor Jim. 😦 He just felt awful!
But seriously, he did a great job trying to stay awake while the kids opened their presents from us.
I got a new lens for my camera! And a camera sling pack, and a 4-hr photography workshop session. I’m so excited!
To show you how amazing my new lens is, check this out. I just switched lenses… suddenly, my dark family room pictures are bright and light.
I took these two exact same pictures of Jim with the same mode, from the same spot, with identical environment. The only thing I did was switch lenses.
So I’m a little excited. On to it…
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| New slippers… I literally wore a hole in the bottom of last year’s |
I made Haley a makeup kit inspired by my friend Stephanie. I used old Clinique makeup cases and washed them out, then glued in colored paper. I bought some new brushes and put the whole thing in a cute case. Haley loved it. It was so fun watching her pretend to get gussied up for us.
JT spotted a cash register at a garage sale this summer and has wanted one ever since. He was pretty excited to open this from Uncle Jeff and Aunt Gena.
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| Haley goes shopping with her basket from Uncle Jeff and Aunt Gena |
Can you find Jim? Poor guy. About this point I took JT’s temperature and it was up to 100 degrees, and his tonsils were huge and red. Not the way I expected to spend Christmas morning!
The Keene Family 