The kids happen to sleep late Christmas morning, of all mornings, but it was such a blessing for Young and myself. We woke up early and just enjoyed our morning coffee together, talking and enjoying the quiet. But of course, it didn't last. The kids started stirring and we were up and running!
It was so much fun watching the kids go crazy over their new toys....and to see them enjoy toys that I had pain stackenly agonized over wether they would enjoy them or not. Cameron didn't know what to go to first, she just kept shouting the name of different things she saw. Timo saw one thing and would play with it for a while and then move on. Needless to say, it took him a long time to work this way through his Christmas.The big winners were the new cars/scooters, the vacuum, flashlights and the piano.
After all the unwapping and a short nap, we had a lovely dinner with our friends Liz and Salvador. The kids really wanted to sit at the big table so we brought their chairs out they had dinner with us. I think they are much better eaters socially than alone...they gobbled up their butternut squash soup and asked for more!
...and then it was back to the toys...
A little later we had some more friends stop by for dessert...our friend Sharona is back in town from London and came over with her friend Alan, who is visiting from London, and his sister Alison, who lives here in SF.
Then it was back to more toys....I got 2 Tickle me Elmo off of Criagslist for the kids Christmas and they have been a huge hit. I'll have to post some video sometime of these crazy toys!
So all in all we had a fantastic day...tiring, but great. We just sat on the sofa after everyone left and reflected on our many blessings and all we have to be thankful for. We tried to read the Christmas story to the kids but they were way too tired. (I think we'll start that as a Christmas Eve tradition next year)
I leave you with a video of Cameron playing with her new tea set and Timo with his new trains.
2 comments:
love the photos - thank you so much for inviting us over -btw the soup was absolutely delicious! happy new year!
Glad you guys had a nice Christmas. We did, too. I really appreciate being able to go back to past posts for good advice. This year's Christmas toys for Emilie were based mostly on what yours had enjoyed: pull toys, walker/ride ons, and things with buttons! Keep the updates coming!!
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