Christmas!!

We celebrated our first Christmas with the girls this year.

We spent Christmas Eve at our friend's Kate and Kevin's house. They had a New Years Eve party for their family and friends. We have known so many of their family members that its always fun to see them. Myles and Bri came into town too.

Christmas morning we woke up early with the girls and went downstairs. We hadn't wrapped the girls' gifts yet, and thought, "they're so little, lets just give them the presents." So as the girls were eating breakfast Andre brought their gifts in from the garage. As soon as they saw them they became very excited, waving their hands around and babbling. We hadn't expected them to understand that they were for them. So we wrapped their gifts and let them open them one at a time. Of course, once wrapped, the paper became so much more interesting than the gift.

I don't think any of us really think about how old we are on a day to day basis. I still feel the way I have always felt. Yet there are moments when it hits you: when you think about the fact that you're paying two mortgages, or professionally responsible for other people, the first time you say, "my kids,"...well, Christmas morning was another such moment. As Andre and I were drinking our cup of tea in our pajamas, videotaping our girls opening presents, fishing wrapping paper out of their mouths, and assembling various toys it struck me just how "mature" we really are. Then Andre thew a wad of wrapping paper at me, hitting me on the side of the head and its all normal again.

The girls got a lot of toys, some new clothes, books...the whole works.They seemed to be interested in everything. Santa got them a little Winnie the Pooh push/ride toy that also has some piano keys. When the rider pushes the keys the little Winnie the Pooh figures dance around. The girls took turns riding their little toy around the living and honking at the dogs.

Rowan loves animals, especially dogs. Every time she sees a dog she gets really excited. Well, we bought the girls this little plastic pull along dog--the kind they've sold since I was a kid--and she was so excited to see it. Hilarious.


That afternoon we went over to my sister's house to celebrate with her and Scott and the kids, my grandmother and mom. The girls opened more great presents and we all played Boccie Ball on Forrest's Wii. It was nice just to be together laughing and playing.