Everyone got up sometime before 9. I love that we all are night owls and enjoy sleeping in. All the kids came and snuggled in bed with us for a bit and then started our morning with our family prayer.
We had a great morning. Keeping the cost down this year, we bought a lot of gifts at the Thrift stores or making our own. Everyone was just as excited as uif we had spent tons of money. I love it! We even did a few prank gifts which turned out to be some of their favorites. LOL
"Santa" fancied up the little girls American Girl Dolls. Victoria & Glory had ratted their hair and left them naked for him. LOL It was tricky but they looked fabulous Christmas morning.
After presents, we made our Cinnamon Roll Wreath. So pretty!
I mentioned we made home-made gifts this year. It was really special to see people put a lot of thought and time into their gifts.
Victoria made several different coupons for a special Christmas Massage. SUPER thoughtful and creative!
Brett helped Justice make wooden swords for everyone. They are super neat! He decided to let us all paint them the way they want to so we'll do that as an activity together. Glory bought belts at the thrift store and made a scabbard for each person to slide onto the belt and hold the sword.
{And remember- I made the PJ pants}
Brett made us all a Super Hero Shield out of wood and attached an individual Superhero that represented each of us. Super cool! Brett is a super handy man!
Last but NOT least by any means- Liberty and I put our efforts together for her to make the family an Avengers Monopoly Game. It is SUPER awesome! We got an old Monopoly board from the thrift store and redid the whole thing.We decided to do bunkers & secret bases instead of the houses and hotels but still use the pieces. We did RUN and take some money with you for the Go space. We included JARVIS and the ARC Reactor for the Utilities. We also did Training Fees and Super Hero Dues. We made the rest of board spaces into places that were associated with our favorite Avengers. {tricky to come up with actual places to use. LOL} We made the Railroads into the Hero's Weapons. We changed the Community Chest to Nick Fury 's Briefcase. We changed all the cards to the Chance and the Briefcase piles. We came up with some great ones like "Two of your Bunkers blew up. Return them to the Bank. "Tony called. Visit Stark Towers." That was a Heck of a mission! Pay $50 to each player." "Tried to pick up the Tessaract. Bad Idea! Pay $50." For the Free Parking Space we did "Conquer Evil & Eat Shawarma" which we think is hilarious! And it worked out perfect becuse when you land on it- you take all the money out of the middle. You know... to buy Shwarma. LOL For the Prison ones- we did an Asgardian Prison with a picture of Loki in there. And then a "Bad Guys always go to Prison" space. SUPER creative, are we!!
Here's a closeup of our finished board. SUPER amazing!!!
To a very Merry Home-made Christmas! Best one yet!
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