Christmas Day

Christmas 2011 was a positively lovely day.  The night was not nearly as wonderful since at midnight we still had barely even begun to pack for our next day travels and we wanted to kick ourselves in the face once again for procrastinating, but the day, it was just super.

We were all up quite early to see what Santa had left for the boys.  (Pookie left them a parting message as well.)  The boys took their time with each gift and it took a couple of hours to open everything under the tree and play with all their new toys from Santa.  I loved that Matt and I vowed to not buy gifts for each other this year (other than our stockings which we positively pack full of goodies), yet we both secretly bought a few special surprises to exchange.  I loved that the boys were so excited about the big and little things they received and were more than happy to share everything with their brothers.  Their joy was truly contagious!

Drew is always good for the one-liners and a few of my favorites from Christmas morning were...

• "I am really curious about these undies."
• "A ball?!  Are you nuts?"
• "Where's me sword?"
• "Oh a piece of candy!  I've always wanted one of these!"
• "This is the best day of my life!"

In our eyes a perfect Christmas Day would include about a foot of snow outside and a kitchen full of wet coats, gloves and scarves from the many trips to play in it all day long.  This year's weather was about as far from that as you can imagine in December, but it was wonderful in its own right.  Before lunch we were able to spend a couple of hours playing outside with some of the boys new toys.  It was a gorgeous day and we definitely enjoyed the sunshine, fresh air, and each other.

Adam never got a nap (despite his night of very little sleep), but I managed to squeeze in 2 somehow.  I think that may be a first for me!

We ended the evening with a huge homecooked dinner and a birthday cake for Jesus as dessert.  We all went to bed with happy hearts, full bellies, and giddiness over the days to come.  Couldn't ask for more!