After a rough start to our Christmas marathon the day before, I was a little nervous about what the next four days of celebrations were going to be like with young, overtired children. Luckily Christmas day was a bit of a reboot for the boys since we were at our house all day. This has never happened before. Usually we go somewhere for the afternoon or for dinner but for various reasons this year, we got to stay put. Grandma, Grandpa, and G-Momma came over first thing in the morning, saw the boys open their Santa gifts, had breakfast, Skyped with Uncle Kyle and family, exchanged gifts, and helped the kids break in their new toys. One of the funniest things was watching Kieran jump in the air and land on his butt on his whoopee cushion over and over again. I begged G-Momma and Grandma to make an extra batch of their Christmas Eve minestrone soup for our lunch so I didn't have to miss out on the tradition and they kindly obliged. After lunch Kieran took an awesome nap, Jon and I prepped dinner, Reed watched a movie, and all of us adults played cards. We had an early dinner and said goodnight so Grandpa could get home and get some rest before he had to get up to start wind machines and monitor the cold weather that was threatening his citrus crops. It was a very quiet Christmas night, but also so nice not to be on the road and I was pretty excited that the boys got a bath and were in bed by their normal bedtime. We really did love having a full day at home during the Holidays and I'm hoping it's something we can continue to do each year.
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| Early morning juice assistant |
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| G-Momma hunting down a hidden Kieran |
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| Checking out the loot from Santa |
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| Lego table and a trip to Legoland |
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| Attempt at a Pajama picture in front of the tree |
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| The Whoopee Cushion show |
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| Skyping with Annaliese and Haleigh |
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| A natural at the balance board |
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| An attempt at a group shot as we were saying goodbye |
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