I'm sure I'll get around to posting about Christmas soon....but in the mean time here is what we did before then:

Brooklyn saw a bowling coupon from a mailer that came to our house one day and has been begging ever since to go. I told my dad about it and he set up a day to go bowling with everyone...cash prizes included, which made everyone just that much more competitive. Mike was upset that his bowling skills weren't where he thought they should be so he rented the lane next to us for himself to practice on in between his turns...I still beat him :) It was the best out of two games and the kids kind of lost interest after the first game once they realized that there were arcade games in the back. Everyone but Brielle...she got very upset when she found out that Mike had bowled one of her turns for her because she was in the bathroom. It was surprisingly really fun, I havn't been bowling in years and the boss let the boys take a 3 hour lunch which they didn't seem to complain much about!