Merry Christmas!
Christmas Eve was celebrated with my dad's side of the family in Lino Lakes. My cousin and her family just moved into a brand new house which is creepily similar to ours. It gets creepy down to the fact that they have the exact same granite in their kitchen as we do. Their house was a model so they didn't pick it out either. We thought it was quite funny!
Sophia had a great time playing with all of the kids Will, Eliazbeth, Thomas, and Matthew. She also enjoyed playing with Tam's cats. By the end of the evening, Chole the one cat didn't like her very much and actually nipped at Sophia. She was being quite gentle with the cats, but apparently not gentle enough.
Sophia got a book, crayons, and a drawing pad from my aunt and uncle which she just loved.
Sophia reading her new book with Papa.
Throughout the night, all of the adults ate great food and drank lots of yummy drinks. Later in the evening, we started the dice game. The kids had a huge pile of presents and several of the adults commented on the fact that they should join the kids game instead. Before playing the game Sophia tried on Liz's reindeer antlers and proceeded to dance around the house with them on.
Sophia hanging with the boys
We played the dice game and came home with lots of good loot! After the drive home, Sophia was exhausted and ready for bed. Luckily we picked cookies out for Santa before we left. Check out how excited she was to pick them out.
It was off to bed for Sophia and we put the finishing touches on everything including presents in the stockings and eating bites out of the cookies along with having a sip of milk before bed.
Christmas Day we all slept in. It was wonderful! Sophia wanted despartely to see if Santa ate the cookies the minute she woke up. She didn't really care about the presents, but was super excited when she saw that Santa ate the cookies and drank the milk. We all had a bit of breakfast and watched the Walt Disney Christmas Day Parade. This has been a family tradition of mine since before I can remember. I used to watch the parade with my grandfather when he was still alive. I looked forward to it and I was so excited when Sophia enjoyed it too. She really loves her Mickey and Minnie!
Sophia checking to see the cookies eaten by Santa.
We spent the morning relaxing and gradually opening presents. Then Hal's family arrived in the afternoon. The rest of the afternoon was spent hanging with the family, eating, and drinking. We played games after the girls went to bed too. It was lots of fun. We took so many pictures that I had to pick just a few to post.
Abby and Sophia under the tree
Sophia with Grandma Jayne
Abby hanging an ornament on the tree
Grandma Jayne with the girls
Sophia playing in her new kitchen
Grandpa Hal with a Christmas bow on his head
Sarah and Abby
Uncle Nate letting Sophia ride on his shoulders
When we all finished opening presents it was time to eat our treat and then everyone headed home. We had a wonderful Christmas Day!! We couldn't be more blessed to have a loving family and have everyone safe and healthy all together.
Today we didn't do much. We played lots of new toys and unwrapped a couple more presents. While Sophia naps we are going to get ready here and head out for our third Christmas at my parents house. I'm sure I will have many more picture to post again tomorrow.
Merry Christmas!
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