Christmas 2010

 We had the most wonderful Christmas. I feel like this is the year Calder caught on to holidays. He now knows what his birthday, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas all mean. This is what it looked like the night before when we finished putting the presents out and stuffing the stockings.

 We feel greatly blessed to have such marvelous families. We would have loved to be with them on Christmas but the distance and weather (and buying a third plane ticket) limited our ability to be with them. We still had a marvelous day filled with love, friends and presents.

 I think this face sums up Calder's day. He loved every minute of it. Actually Christmas present opening lasted until the evening of the 26th. He kept wanting to play with each toy he opened and we didn't rush him so he had presents for quite a while. I really liked doing it this way. I imagine I couldn't force this schedule on a 10 year old though.

 We had three families over for brunch at 11:00. It was perfect. It gave us enough time to leisurely get ready for the day and finish making quiche and cinnamon rolls. This was our third time hosting Christmas brunch with friends and I really like it. It makes it feel a little more like an eventful day without being stressful.

This is how we spent the afternoon. Reading, snuggling under a blanket. What a perfect day!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!