Christmas
Gigantic grandaddy of a post with a gazillion pics coming up, but I want the kids to have a record of this best Christmas ever. So this was the cutie pies dressed up for Christmas Eve dinner, which is always at Miceli’s, or “the singing waiter restaurant” as the kids call it.
This was the closest to a smile we got out of Jacob before we left. He was still all scraped up and cranky from a tumble at the park. But it turned to smiles as soon as we got a plate of calamari in front of him. Then we got home and wrote to Santa, about the cookies we were leaving him and Rudolph and the carrots for the other reindeer. (We learned last year that Rudolph ate some of Santa’s cookies instead of the carrots, which delighted the kids, and the remembered that maybe we should leave cookies for Rudolph this year.)
Next we opened the traditional Christmas Eve present – the new PJ’s. This year they came from Grandma and Grandpa and were monogrammed, fancy and cozy. Did we mention adorable?
Yep, adorable. Even the scratch that looks like a Hitler mustache can’t mar the cute factor.
Cute enough to eat up.
They were great about going to bed, and even sleeping till almost 7. Then Jacob couldn’t wait to look at the stockings.
Which we made short work of. Then everyone got busy with their favorite new magazine or coloring book.
And we got ready for breakfast. One of the breakfast items surprised Jacob:
It’s how many oranges we were able to get from the tree for juice for breakfast!
Molly gathered, Jacob squeezed.
We decided the kids were old enough to pull out nice crystal for a toast. Not sure what we were thinking, but nothing got broken!
And directly after breakfast Jacob was ready for the presents under the tree…
Which they attacked with glee. Thanks to all our ridiculously generous relatives, they had a ton of presents, ALL of which they adored. I only had the camera out for some of it, so you can get an idea…
Trying on the firest present they opened: knight’s armor!
Not sure if armor goes better with pink or plaid.
More goodies…
And a pizza snack to fortify father and daughter after all the rigors of present opening.
Time to build the Legos!!!
Seriously, if Lego ever needs publicity stills, we have about 100 pictures of the kids playing adorably.
And of Molly listening to her new music box, which she adores.
Since we had another 75 degree Christmas Day, we hit the park to relax and play catch – and wade in the stream, it turned out.
As soon as we got there the kids ditched socks and shoes and hit the water.
“Hey, have you seen Sir Segramore? He was supposed to go on a quest for me.”
“Ah there he is!”
“The dragon is that way. Try and wake him up. Don’t hurt him. He’s very tired. His name is Mongo.” (That was actually what she said to him.)
And then home to Christmas dinner, and finishing reading Charlie and the Chocolate factory, so we can watch the movie on New Years Eve! Hope everyone had as wonderful a holiday as we did. I already have more pictures of the post holiday festivities, and since we’re headed to the Getty Villa tomorrow, I’m sure we’ll add more and try and get those pictures up next week!
