Sorry it took me so long to post pictures from the Christmas festivities around here. But at this house, we don’t do Christmas for only one day… no, no, no, that just will not do. With different sets of grandparents arriving for extended visits both before and after the official holiday, the celebration ends up lasting more than a month. And our decorations are still up. On January 14th. Perhaps this weekend…
I digress.
I’ll try to do most of this in pictures, since that’s what you all want to see anyway. 🙂
In early December, we welcomed the first wave of loving grandparents to our home. Grammy and Grampy Starr had a great time with the kiddos, spoiling them thoroughly and enjoying every moment of it.
Next came the actual Christmas Day, where we got to sing “Happy Birthday” to Jesus and celebrate — after our traditional breakfast with our dear friends and neighbors — with just the five of us and the few presents we scrapped together… plus several additional boxes worth of presents from friends and relatives that kept landing on our doorstep in the days leading up to December 25th. There was much Playmobil and Legos to be had by all. Good times, I tell you. Good times. 🙂
Just a week’s rest, then Grandma Nonna and Bill arrived after New Year’s Day to much joy and adulation from the wee crowd (and the parents, too!). My goodness, those kids love their grandparents… all of them. I am just so grateful to know that they are so loved.
So, to summarize for our children: Jesus’ birthday rocks, grandparent visits come in a close second, and Legos and Playmobil come in third by a nose. Mommy and Daddy… now, who are they again? 🙂
Lovely pictures, lovely holiday. Looks like your kids were well-loved on and obviously had a grand time opening their loot. Bode’s into tools, huh? Yep, he and Ian are peas in a pod. Ian has informed me he wants a “saw party” for his 3rd birthday. I think I’m going to make a cake that looks like a board and stick a plastic saw in it. Suggestions are obviously welcome.
RAK
I hear you on the month long celebrations. I doesn’t help that we have 2 kiddo birthdays within 2 weeks of Christmas. We started on December 12th and had our (almost) last birthday celebration on Jan 16th – the same day the Christmas decorations came down. It was a lot of fun and seemed to help pass an entire month of Kevin’s absence!