We had the most wonderful Christmas this year. Calder is old enough to understand it and was so excited about it. He believes in Santa and was a little worried about the logistics of it. He was mostly worried about whether Santa would know which stocking was his. I obviously need to embroidery our names on the stockings. He asked Jason if he would stay up and wait for Santa and clear up the stocking predicament.
Jason arranged to have Santa call Calder and talk about his upcoming visit on Christmas eve. It made him so happy.
On Christmas Eve we went out for breakfast at a cute little diner. I think this will be a new tradition. I love going out to breakfast. I think it is probably my favorite meal to eat out.
That afternoon we hosted a get together with some family and friends. Two of my cousins (Arn & Erik) live within a few hours of me and another came to DC for Christmas (Inger), so they all came over. We also had some of our favorite friends over, the McAllisters, the Olivers and the Marshalls. There were tons of people but it was perfect. We just had appetizers and desserts. I like that it was low key and so fun.
That evening we went with the Marshall family to decorate a Christmas tree for the forest animals. We took popcorn and birdseed ornaments that Ariel made. The kids loved it and I'm sure the animals did too. I didn't have any plain popcorn so they got a very healthy mix of Kettle Corn and movie theatre butter. Hopefully we didn't harm any animals, or their hearts. The Marshalls also invited us to dinner. They served food representing each member of the nativity. There was angel hair pasta representing angels, salad with pomegranates representing Mary and fertility, dates representing the wise men and olive soup to represent baby Jesus. I don't remember if there was something for Joseph or the shepherds. It was really fun and I love the idea of having food that represents a person.
Calder woke up at 5:00 on Christmas morning to announce that he saw presents in the living room and that we should open them. So, our day got off to an early start. I don't think he is old enough to understand and agree to the 7:00 rule that my parents had. Especially because he gets up before 7:00 every morning. We are so spoiled and received many heart felt and beautiful gifts.
After opening presents and eating breakfast we went to church. Or at least tried. Calder fell asleep on the way and neither Jason or I wanted to wake him up. So we drove around enjoying this alone together time. It was fun and although I felt bad about not going to church on Christmas it was nice to just sit and talk without interruptions for an hour.
The rest of the day was spent relaxing and playing with new toys. I enjoyed our relaxing Christmas day. I loved having more activities on Christmas Eve and reserve Christmas just for our little family. We had ham, potatoes and green beans for dinner. It was great but I want to switch things up a little next year. I think a more meaningful meal would be good.
Here are some pictures of the big day.
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He got his drum :)
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