christmas morning 2010

above is the slideshow of pictures from christmas morning, plus a few from christmas eve. you can watch it here or click on it to watch it on picasa.

not to be too cheesy, but seeing the holidays through the eyes of your children is truly what it's all about. they were so excited about every little thing!

when we got home from joe's parents on christmas eve, the kids opened a christmas book that we got for them. i am hoping to give them a christmas book every year. there are so many beautiful christmas books out there, and it's been neat to hear the kids talk about "baby jesus" and "the three wisemen". then we put out cookies and milk for santa. i tried to talk greta into leaving carrots for the reindeer, but she was convinced they could just share the cookies with santa. otto was unfortunately traumatized by the cookie event. he apparently thought we were putting the cookies on the plate for HIM to eat, and he was a mess of tears when we said he couldn't eat them, that they were for santa. when he woke up christmas morning, the first thing he said was, " cookies? otto eat? santa!"
both kids were so excited to open their gifts. we continued the idea of getting them each 3 gifts from santa (like jesus got from the 3 wisemen)and then a gift from mama and papa. they have no idea about what gifts were from who, but i think in the years ahead it will keep us in touch with the true meaning of the day and we can keep it scaled down a bit. it was such a beautiful morning. we opened gifts, ate pancakes, and then stayed in our pjs and played with all the new toys all day long.

speaking of pajamas, these jammies make me laugh. they are hand-me-downs from the ford cousins (LOVE), and i think they are "vintage" rudolph jammies. both otto and greta thought it was hilarious to have matching pajamas....even though otto's were a bit big and he was slipping all over the place because the footies no longer have any traction, we had to wear them for christmas morning!!
merry christmas!!