Today was all about the girls: presents, excitement, wrapping paper, bows, candy, stockings, and hyper-activity. They woke up, dutifully, before 7am. We had visions of them sleeping past 8, but to no avail. Tim in his sweats, and I in my fleece, gathered the girls up out of their room and let them run/crawl happily down the hall toward the presents. Santa was good to them: Kate had a very full stocking, and Claire even had a couple of items hidden in hers. We made them wait while we made coffee so we could watch with some enthusiasm as they tore open their gifts (or in Claire's case, tried to eat all the bows). We took a short break in the middle to have some french toast casserole, and then went back to the presents.
The biggest hit of the day was the Playskool Tonka race track, as seen in the video below. Kate is also a big fan of her My Little Pony talking tea set, and Claire especially likes the magic baby bottles that appear to be full of milk or orange juice.
We spoke with family members in Oregon, Michigan, Florida and Brazil. We had a feast with friends, and are now enjoying gin and tonics and desserts. It's been a great day. Merry Christmas to all!
First orange of the season.
Stocking stuffers from Santa.
A teapot!
Claire's first Christmas, and first candy canes.
4 comments:
I most enjoyed Kate's sudden and short-lived happy dance in the video.
I have am seeing the scene from Christmas Story where the parents appear a little hung over - ahhhh, lova that movie! I want to recipe to the french toast casserole, it is right up my alley. Gin and tonic - sounds good ;0)
French Toast Casserole? Yum, yes, please post the recipe! Camille
Ah, btw Chachito and I have watched the tonka video 5 times. I'm going to have to cut him off! Camille
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