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So I was home for 12 days and blogged just twice...

Is it fair to say we were too busy? The past almost two weeks have flown by, we Schmidts packed quite a bit into our time off. Tomorrow's alarm is going to ring a little sooner than I want and back to the daily grind. Here are some photos of Xmas morning and later in the day at Auntie Shirley's -

Little man and the two things he wanted for Xmas - a Wii and a SpongeBob toothbrush - go figure.

Our baby girl looking very grown up.
Gramma Sharon and her kids - can't believe we got everyone to look at the camera.
The kids at Shirley's - note the gifts - it took us only three hours to open the gifts this year - a record for us. The sad thing is we cut back this year.

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Anonymous said…
Did you buy the Wii in October, on eBay, or did you just get lucky? (urgh! I went to Best Buy four times, and gave up after I showed up 15 minutes before opening one Sunday in early December and there were 30 cars there already, when the manager told me there were only 10 Wiis coming in).

Ahhh, the joys of the season!

See you Tuesday, my friend!
nik
Karen said…
I love that toothbrush. I'm putting one on my list next year. :-)
bobbione8y said…
i wonder how many calories the wii burns?!

:)
DeAnn said…
Hey, we got a Wii too. Maybe we can Wii together!!

Looks like a great Christmas had by all...even the dogs!
Susan said…
Santa got the Wii from one of Allie's friends dads, we paid a little extra, but was kinda worth not having to stand in line. Then as soon as I paid up I found 10 of them at Best Buy aarrrggghhh. I should have called you.

We are having fun with the Wii. I am consistently getting my butt kicked in tennis by a 5 year old. Sigh.

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