The Kuperus Family: Our Family Christmas

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Our Family Christmas

Well, in addition to celebrating 13 years of wedded bliss today, we also celebrated our own family Christmas a little early. After church we had a delicious dinner made by Casey... roast, potatoes, rolls, beans, Grandma's applesauce... yum! Then we opened gifts. The kids opened their gifts from us, I got a cool Calvin hoodie from Casey and the kids, and Casey and I got gifts from both Esther and Peter that they made in school. Esther made an awesome calendar which has a special picture that she drew for each month with her beautiful artistic skills. Peter gave us a cookbook which included a recipe from each child in the class, written exactly as he/she dictated it to the teacher. It was adorable! Peter's recipe is for a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich, with an alternate recipe for a Sun butter and Jelly Sandwich (since the school is nut-free).

Here is his recipe:
Ingredients:
Peanut Butter--as big as the bread is
Strawberry Jelly--also as big as the bread is
1 piece of bread
Directions:
Put the peanut butter and jelly on the bread, then fold it over. Put it on a plate and eat it.

The rest of the day was spent playing with new toys, playing a little Wii and just hanging out. We ended the night by having popcorn and watching a new Berenstain Bears video which was given to the kids by their (former) favorite babysitters, Jeff and Allie (who grew up and moved away for grad school and a teaching job). It was a fun family day!

Peter thought he'd try on the stockings...