Christmas Day 2010

We had so much fun on Christmas morning with Charlie. He was a very good boy and got a few big presents. The first one, a basketball hoop, was set up in the kitchen. He saw it first thing when he woke up. His face was so priceless and he said, "Ba-baw!" (which, if you don't happen to speak Charlie's toddler language, means "Basketball!") He picked up the little rubber basketball and made his first basket! (He didn't make any of the ones after that, but he's a great dunker.)




Charlie's other big present was a new train set (and a very generous loan of Steve and Kerry's train set, too). Charlie loves connecting all the magnetic cars and pushing them around the track. We Skyped with my parents and Catherine and Richard and Elizabeth. It was so fun for them to see Charlie's excitement in his trains. He kept jumping up and down!





After we opened presents, we went to Steve and Kerry's house to exchange presents with them and see Sam and Lily's new toys. It was so fun to see them and eat Kerry's family's traditional breakfast rolls- white rolls stuffed with scrambled eggs and shaved beef. Yummy. Sam and Lily worked to earn money then bought us gifts from the dollar store. They were so proud of their purchases, it was really sweet. (You can see Charlie's cute Christmas outfit that only lasted a few hours, then he was back in his jammies for the rest of Christmas day.)






John's parents' house- we had our traditional brunch, while we waited for his brother Sam to call from his LDS mission. (Missionaries are only allowed to call home twice a year, otherwise they email and write). After talking with Sam, we opened presents. One of my favorite traditions is that we exchange dollar gifts with each other. They're always so creative! This year, one the favorites was a tiny flint and steel to put in our camping or emergency preparedness kits. Charlie and James were really into the presents this year. James gave Charlie a Mr. Potato Head set that kept him occupied for over an hour! (Which was really great because he didn't end up napping at all on Christmas day).