Whew! That's how I felt as soon as we stepped foot into Mimi's house. We made it to the really fun part of Christmas- celebrating with family! This year all the lead up to the holiday felt rushed to me. There were definitely lots of special moments in the month of December, but I did not feel like I actually relaxed and took in all the joy of the season until that afternoon we arrived at Mom's house. From then on, it all about having fun, hanging out with our family, eating good food, and celebrating Christmas!
Luke immediately started getting into all the Christmas decorations....
while the girls insisted on a bath in Mimi's giant tub.
It took the girls a long time to warm up to Zoe and Lilly, but Luke not so much. It will probably take the doggies a long time to warm up to Luke because he likes to grab their fur!
The next morning, we headed over to Baba's house...
There was some performing...
and we admired Baba's decorations.
Then headed to the "park with the giant orange slide"!
Then back at Mom's everyone else started arriving...first Nat, then Al, and finally Brian. The festivities could finally begin!
After dinner it was time for presents, and of course the girls headed straight for the curiously-shaped packages that looked like giant pieces of candy...
and could not have been more excited to find sleeping bags inside! A great first gift of Christmas...
The dogs were also fans of the new sleeping bags...
Luke also had an interesting-shaped gift that turned out to be his own anywhere chair. Now (theoretically) he would not have to climb all over his sisters' chairs!
There was a cool banging thing...
a jewelry kit...
some fast new shoes...
and a tee pee!
It was a really fun night and the perfect kick-off to Christmas!
