There's nothing like Christmas, especially with a 3-year-old at home! The past couple of days have been magical. Thursday, Ed needed to do some shopping so Elijah and I went sledding and then to the bakery. That night, I did some baking and a whole lot of wrapping!
Friday, we were treated to a lovely and delicious Christmas Eve dinner at Tyler and Aimee's house. Later that night, Elijah and I cuddled up to watch "Dora's Christmas Special" before bed:
After Elijah went to bed, Ed and I decorated the tree and brought down all the gifts.
We were all up and moving around by about 6:30AM this morning. Elijah was very excited to see what Santa brought him! Thank goodness, he hasn't forgotten how to unwrap presents in the month since his birthday!
The cutest thing about this Christmas was how excited Elijah was about every single gift. It was sweet that he wanted to play with each toy for a while before getting back to the unwrapping.
Even Zoe the Horrible got a few new toys for Christmas! Obviously, Santa didn't cross-check his "naughty" list against his "nice" list...
Finally, here are some pictures of Elijah trying out his new snowshoes from Santa. He did pretty well for his first time out!
In the afternoon, I went for a ski with Zoe and then we made a fantastic, humongous Christmas feast.After such an amazing day, I then found out that sadly, southern New England is expecting a pretty big blizzard beginning tomorrow. This storm looks like it's going to sabotage my family's gathering down in R.I. I am soooo bummed, but still kind of holding out hope that the storm won't pan out. Fingers crossed!
Merry Christmas to All!
7 comments:
oh my goodness- Eli is growing up so so fast- looks like you folks had a great christmas morning- we will all miss you folks because of the snow- but your safety is more important- we will make up for it that is for sure give Ed & Eli a huge bear hug from me.. and sandy you get a big kiss from me... love momsie
We liked seeing how happy Elijah was with each gift. His smile is just something else!
Hope the snowstorm doesn't cancel your RI plans.
Merry Christmas Sandy. Your Christmas morning looks so civilized compared to ours. Here you could hardly see through the mushroom cloud of wrapping papper. Why is Zoe on the naughty list?
Glad you all had a wonderful day. See you soon.
Looks like Elijah got some terrific gifts from St. Nicholas! Sorry you can't get down to RI but looks like we are going to get hit down here with lots of snow. Hope to see you at Wes & Darlene's! Merry Christmas!
xo Laura
Well he looks so excited and very patient!!! He really is growing so fast....Looks like we are all going to be snow bound for a day or two....Merry Christmas Auntie Rita & Rick
Is that a ukelele? Looks like you had a wonderful day yesterday - I hope you are able to get to RI!
dysixtLoved seeing Elijah's excitement of each gift! Christmas really is for kids, and so much easier to shop for! Loved the train! Can Elijah put together the USA map by himself? Genius, if so! My note is days late, but it sounds as if you didn't get to visit your family, Sandy. Hope you can sneak in a visit soon, when the weather is better! Love, Martha
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