Christmas

Anna in her new Christmas jammies.

We had a pretty mellow Christmas here at home. On Christmas Eve, we had a big ham dinner (Jason's family's tradition) then read Luke 2 by the lights of the Christmas tree (my family's tradition). Next, we drove around town to look at house lights. This was me being sneaky because Anna fell asleep in the car while we were driving around. It made for a very restful evening.

Discovering her stocking by her door, something they did in Jason's family.

I don't know if it's because Anna didn't really remember last year as much but she woke up at her usual time of 7. With Anna as the only small child, we had a pretty relaxed present opening. She was more interested in playing with things as she opened them. Her stocking alone kept her entertained for a good half hour.

As the only kid, she had, by far, more to open than anyone else. We mostly spent the morning watching her open and play.

One much enjoyed toy is this doll house. I knew she would like one after having to tear her away from one in a bookstore kicking and screaming.

Grandma putting together the swing set.

Getting ready to openthe next one. As the morning wore on, she really got into the flow of looking forward to the next one. Playing could wait for later.

Papa showing her about the pop-up book from my mom. It was kind of funny because when I said it was a pop-up book she thought I said 'papa book' and took it over to him. He had to show her that is was, in fact, for her and how cool it is. This is one of those presents that makes me think my mom is psychic whe it comes to gift giving. It's a Peter Pan book and Anna is really into Peter Pan these days. She even will pretend he is watching a movie with her. But I hadn't told my mom that, she just seemed to know. It's like magic.

Then we spent the afternoon snorkeling. All in all a good Christmas.