Christmas

We all slept in a little on Christmas morning after a late night out the night before. Claire woke up, went into the hallway and picked up a Barbie Doctor set that she had asked me to open for her the night before (Note to self: If I open a new gift and set it up in the hallway, Claire will wake up and begin playing with the toy allowing me to sleep in! A win-win situation!).

After making ourselves presentable, we drove over the river and through the woods to Grandma and Grandpa's house to see if Santa left any presents for Claire. She must have been good this past year, because there was a whole pile of presents under the tree with her name on them! She opened them all before her cousins arrived and was so thrilled with each of the gifts.

This year we had a full house for Christmas because my cousins and Trish and Johnny celebrated with us. We had a nice dinner consisting of spicy lasagna and ham, the proceeded to open gifts. Christmas Day was another whirlwind of gift opening. The kids (3 readers) were able to read the gift tags, pass out gifts and open any gifts bearing their names. The good news was that the gift opening festivities did not take hours. The bad news was that we didn't really get to see what everyone received because of the paper-ripping frenzy. Next year we will be more organized!