Christmas morning we all came downstairs to see what Santa had brought. Heaten saw Percy sitting on top of a new train track with a tunnel and that was that, instant love. Shenzie, my very girly girl, found her Cinderella Doll with a princess necklace waiting under the tree and again, instant love. They were both spoiled rotten and we had a great time playing the morning away with all of their new toys (Jeff said they are spoiled rotten, the spoiled part I totally agree, rotten, no way, they are too cute to be rotten).

I attempted to make a French Toast Bake that didn’t come out quite like I imagined (it was gloppy and soggy), so instead of a delicious french toast and bacon birthday breakfast we (I) had bacon and cream of wheat. Reminder to myself, never try out a new recipe on a special day and find out how to make the FT Bake because it looks yummy in the photos I’ve seen.

After much play the babies went down for their nap and I got caught up on some reading {The Time Traveler’s Wife}, lounging, and editing some of the twinzies photos. We had the great idea of going out to dinner for Christmas, but as it turns out not much is open outside of the Casinos which I didn’t want to go to. We then had the great idea to order pizza, but that was also a no go. Luckily I had bought ingredients to make Pioneer Womans Macaroni and Cheese so while the kids played I cooked some yummy dinner that actually turned out just how it was supposed to. =)

All in all a very relaxed, low key, lounge about Christmas [and birthday].

For my birthday Jeff and I had date night planned Saturday while Grandma watched the twinzies {thanks Mom}. We headed out to see Avatar at the Imax Theater in the Red Rock Casino. We didn’t get there early enough and were forced to sit in the very front row. After 2 minutes of this I called it quits and we snuck into another theater that wasn’t Imax, but still 3D. At first I didn’t really care for the 3D, but after my eyes got used to it, it was awesome. The movie was fantastic - I highly recommend seeing it!!! We got take out PF Changs, came home, put the kids to bed, and grubbed out on yummy food. The perfect end to a perfect holiday.