It's Christmas Time in the City!

Our kids were up at 8:30 on Christmas morning and were full of excitement!

They started by opening their stockings and gifts that Santa left for them and then opened their gifts from under the tree.  It took a long time but the kids have never opened their gifts fast, often preferring to take turns so that they can savour them and see what the others got.  

As usual, they were spoiled and loved everything!  Thank you to all of the grandparents, aunts and uncles for everything!

Baba made Jacubus' scarf out of Alpaca wool

Baba sent this little scarf for Amber

Hope trying to be expressive with her eyes to show how much she loved her gift

Jacubus made this flower for me in welding

Meleah was most generous with the coupons that she made for me for Christmas!  

 
I have wanted one of these for awhile!

Technology can be amazing!  My brother wasn't feeling well so we didn't get together to exchange gifts and instead took and texted pictures to each other.  My sister in-law put it up on Apple TV so everyone there could enjoy watching and we got to enjoy watching them open as well.  It was like a live feed!

After gifts were opened and the mess tidied, we had turkey dinner complete with mom's homemade perogies.  YUM!  I am not a photographer by any means and completely forgot to take pictures!

We read the Christmas story and then finished the night off with board games - Pandemic and Lord of the Fries while the kids played with their new toys.  It was another great day - of course the best parts of the day were remembering the reason for the season and knowing that our family was happy, healthy and together.

"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store.  Maybe Christmas, ...perhaps...means a little bit more!"  Dr. Seuss