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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Christmas Eve, 2010

It was Elliot's first Christmas...and he loved every square inch of paper that he could grab a hold of and put in his mouth. The toys were good too; but, nothing beat pulling all the tags and ribbons off of each of the gifts. Hayden showed more restraint and tried his hardest not to tear the paper too much when he opened his gifts. They just have two different styles of doing everything!
There were definitely more gifts this year and so we decided to start the family tradition of letting the boys have their stocking gifts and a couple of other gifts on Christmas Eve afternoon. It's a good thing too...we did not actually finish opening all the gifts until Dec 27th! Hayden likes to play with every gift as he opens it. He could be easily entertained for up to three hours with each new toy that he opened!...Not that I am complaining, it means that he gets to enjoy every new gift.
Here are some pictures from our Christmas Eve afternoon:
The children in front of the pile of Christmas gifts. Shane and I braced ourselves for getting this shot...we were convinced that Elliot was going to give us a hard time - truth is, he was the easiest one of the bunch! He just sat there and smiled and smiled!!
The stockings for the boys hanging by the woodstove. Boone had one too...full of doggie bone goodness. Boone was a good dog and had left the stocking alone for the week that it was hanging there...although, he did give it a frequent sniff to make sure no one else had removed it!
Stocking stuffer gifts - a pack of chewy snakes for Elliot and a flashlight for Hayden. Great fun!

Christmas PJs from Aunt Diane...the first time the boys have been dressed in matching clothes!

2 comments:

ann hardy said...

love the jammies they are wearing, they look like little football stars alreadyxxx Great to see some new pictures.xxx

Anonymous said...

I can't beleive you gave me all the credit. They look adorable and it looks like they had a great Christmas. I see all of their presents and I can't help but think: Why didn't I think of that. Elliot is huge!