Christmas

Christmas morning was, as always, a lot of fun. We started the day by waking Nana with the traditional Christmas bells. She tried to kill this tradition one year by throwing away the bells (*gasp!*) but we were able to buy an exact replica at AC Moore one year, so the tradition lives on. We were also lucky enough to have Auntie Jackie staying with us this year, so we got to ring the bells twice.

After everyone was awake, it was time for presents! Some were opened individually:


And some together:

Through it all, Grover just wondered where the heck his presents were:

When all the boring (well, less awesome and fun) presents were opened, I couldn't wait any more. The train table was in the other room (wrapped!) so I went in and called the boys. Taye wasted no time:


Darius was happy to let Taye do all the work while he got down to business:

All in all it was a huge hit!

After presents and some play time, Nana made a delicious breakfast. Super thick French toast, sausage, and eggs - yum! We all stuffed ourselves, played some more, and then got ready to go to the Dorseys. We, of course, watched Cars on the way there. It was so nice to see everyone, and we all had such a great day.

Wrapping paper fight:

And now I know what to get the boys for Christmas next year (its never to early, only 364 shopping days left!)


We got home just in time for bed. Luis and I took down the tree, cleaned up, and finished the last minute packing details. And just when he (and we) thought Grover got nothing for Christmas, we realized we were wrong. He got the world's biggest cat bed (really my new cozy pillow corner):

I don't mind sharing :o)