After the kids opened all of our gifts to them, they had their big gift from Nana and Poppa to open. Instead of doing a seperate big gift/toy for each of our kids, they got them all one big thing to share: a super cool, rotating teeter totter. It has taken them some time to figure it out. But they love it now.
We began a new tradition this year. We've begun having a big Christmas Day dinner. Growing up, I remember several special, BIG meals/events: St Patrick's Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve. We already do St Partick's Day (mmmm, corned beef) and Halloween here at home, with several of the others spent with Eric's family. So we did our own Christmas dinner of turkey, potatoes, cranberry salad, yams, and green beans, on china, in the dining room. It was fun, and I look forward to doing it again and again.
After dinner (we ate at 3 pm), we went over to Eric's parent's house for the rest of their gifts (the teeter-totter was already at our house). The kids had fun, got more legos, books, pots and pans, clothes, and candy. The adults had fun playing Rock Band for the wii-so much fun. It was a lovely day, enough new toys, and not too many tantrums.
1 comments:
That teeter-tooter looks like a blast! Glad you guys had a great Christmas!
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