Christmas morning began with Jason and I watching Jack creep down the stairs in his footed pajamas. He is three this year and really got caught up in the wonder of Christmas. He was creeping quietly one stair at a time peering through the spindles of the staircase at the multitude of gifts! We got to spend a few minutes with him investigating the gifts that Santa brought before Allison come barreling up the stairs from her sleepover at "Mimi's house" in the basement. We had a full house of guests and we made sure everyone assumed their places on the couches before gifts were opened. Emma got the privilege of staying asleep.
Allison and Jack looking at their gifts and Emma's too!
After all the gifts upstairs were opened, we headed down to Mimi's for another round of gift opening.
Aunt Nessa opening gifts with Uncle Cory.
Mimi with her Menorah making kit to celebrate her retirement from the JCA (Jewish Community Alliance) in Jacksonville.
Jack's favorite gift was his "Lightning McQueen Race Track". He spent hours on Christmas Day gassing up the cars and racing them around the track. We even found him laying in the middle of the track just soaking it all in. We had to convince him to open more gifts, only to have him abandon the pile to race cars again.
Allison's favorite gift was her 3DS. She loves playing all the games and figures most of them out all on her own. She also is enjoying her easel from Santa which she set up in front of her bedroom window. She selected that location so that she can "paint the world from her window". She also spent hours coloring her playhouse that Aunt Nessa and Uncle Cory gave her. She stated that that gift was her favorite as well.
Emma woke up after most of the festivities were completed, so she got undivided attention as she was assisted in opening all of her Christmas gifts. I think she may have planned it that way!
After the gifts were opened we had a Christmas brunch of casserole, sausage rolls and cinnamon rolls. I had made a Christmas Eve dinner so that there would be plenty of people to help eat the leftovers on Christmas day. For lunch it was ham sandwiches and for dinner a repeat of the night before. Most of the pictures that were taken are blurry because the kids were in perpetual motion the entire day. I did take plenty of video which will be entertaining to show them a few years from now with their initial reactions and fascination with the gifts they opened. The entire weekend was fun and family filled!
Merry Christmas!
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