Christmas with Grandpa Bob and Grandma Sherry!

We headed over to Jon’s Dad’s to celebrate Christmas with them over New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day this year, arriving late on Wednesday night. The kids, well, Eli, were excited to open gifts the next morning, but we were able to get breakfast first. Then the gifting began. Matea, predictably, wanted nothing to do with her presents and instead brought gifts to people and then ripped the labels off. Too bad she wasn’t bringing them to the right people. Don’t worry, we managed to get a peek of the names before the labels were torn off and everyone got their correct gifts. :)

Here you go, Grandpa. It’s not yours but you can have it anyway.

Eli was super-excited for his gifts, as we expected. The highlight of his opening was when he got the New Super Mario Brothers Wii game. That was what he had been wanting and wanting and wanting. So he was soooo excited when he opened that box and saw it!

Do you think he’s excited or what!?

My game was hiding in a big box! Oh yeah!

I don’t think he could grin any bigger than this.

Matea wasn’t forgotten, even if she didn’t want to open her gifts. She got a step stool with her name, just like the one Eli has – so now they have matching step stools, and a puzzle, and a bird house which she carries everywhere like a purse, and the thing she loves the most – books. I think I read her the whole series of Baby’s Family books by Karen Katz at least two or three times a day. They are her favorite!

Playing with my step stool. That’s my name you know.

Mommy’s new spoons make great drum sticks. Let’s head over to the glass table and try them out. :)

I’m puzzled by this puzzle.

Reading one of my books for the first of a bazillion times.

After presents we, of course, needed Wii time with our new games (Mommy got Wii Fit Plus, but you’ll see no pictures of me trying it out). The rest of our time was spent playing with our new toys and having fun as a family. Merry Christmas New Year’s! :)

Matea made sure to get her exercise in. Christmas is no excuse for laziness I guess!

Time for our new game! Eli is Mario, Uncle Jeremy is Luigi, and Jon is toad. Matea is eating pretzels.