The children came out of their rooms at precisely 8:00a.m. Christmas morning and headed downstairs to open their stockings. They are allowed to do this on their own and they had a lot of fun!
We joined them shortly after 9 am. and started getting the brunch organized.
A few elves arrived sometime after 10:
Then it was time to open the presents, enjoy some tea, and nibble at the food.
Emily had gone to great lengths to make her gifts pretty:
Andrew made or bought presents for everyone. He had $13 saved and on Monday I took him out to shop for everyone on his list. It was so fun to be out with him and I hope that we make it a tradition in the coming years. Here he is with David and the present he bought for him:
Uncle Bill made the kids parachutes and helicopter wings:
Andrew quilted a trivet for Grandma:
Baby had SO much fun with everything:
Em chose a comfortable chair from which to enjoy the morning's festivities:
I loved this picture of the boys watching Michael:
Handing out gifts:
Mommy's new apron, made by Auntie Em, along with her new necklace:
Baby wanted no help whatsoever in opening presents. Note all the shreds of white tissue paper since he couldn't get the bow off first:
This is what Uncle Bill calls "creative tissue":
Andrew and James received army outfits, which they love:
Grandpa arrived with a beautiful wooden barn for the kids to play with (I didn't get a picture of it yet):
Here is our new painting from my parents:
I've saved all the food pictures for a separate post. :)In the mean time life is getting back to normal, somewhat. We had a nice day of school today and then there was the regular grocery shopping to attend to.
4 comments:
Great pictures Heather - it looks likes you all had such a lovely time together - what a blessing! Baby is not so much a baby anymore - he's quite the little man! What a lovely tradition to start with Andrew - teaching him to have a giving heart will be a blessing to others as he grows! I looks forward to more pictures!
Hi Heather,
So nice to see all the pictures - I think I'd like your Uncle Bill - he looks fun! And he makes great cranberry sauce! :o) Beautiful apron and I'm looking forward to seeing the barn - how fun!
Rachel L
We are so blessed to have a family. It looks like you had such a nice morning. I particularly like the idea of your son sewing a gift. I have taken note and hope to et Sean to do the same for next December. I am on the look out for gift ideas.
I also think Uncle Bill 'looks fun!'
I love the pic of Em in that chair! She looks so relaxed, but very elegant at the same time! Your apronis really cute too!
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