Christmas Day, 2010

We did not wake up on Christmas morning until 8:45. I informed Shane that there are probably a lot of households who are already done with Christmas presents by 8:45 on Christmas morning and that we are very fortunate that our children do not understand it all yet!! We ate breakfast and then let the boys open a few of their gifts before their naps.
Hayden gently going into one of his gifts...
Elliot eating his way into his...
We all know that Hayden's love in life are trucks...particularly fire trucks. While speaking to my parents over skype, Hayden opened one of his gifts from them - lo and behold what did mumma pack back in her suitcase from England...a fire truck!! Christmas Day, for Hayden, was officially signed, sealed, delivered and done after opening this gift.


Not to be outdone, Boone, of course, got to open his stocking too. He loved Christmas...he got away with all the things that he is not normally allowed to do - like over indulge in treats...he even got a little turkey in his bowl too! Lucky boy, Booners!


Christmas Dinner was a big ol' feast...roasted turkey, mashed sweet potatoes, roasted parsnips, roasted carrots, roasted brussel sprouts, steamed green beans and homemade cranberry sauce all covered in delicious gravy! Hmmmm. It was good. Elliot out ate us all. I am not sure where he puts it...but, given that his body is so long, I am thinking his hollow legs need a lot of filling.
I made a pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting for dessert. That went down very well with Shane and Hayden! Here are the boys modelling their cracker hats...!!

In the evening, we opened a couple more gifts. Hayden got daddy a nice, wooden checkers board. Here's Elliot 'challenging' daddy to a game...