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Sunday brought a visit to Gram and Pa to celebrate Christmas Marchik style. Paul kicked off the visit with some viola tunes - it has been so much fun to see him learn this new skill. He won't let me video him playing....he catches me when I try to hide the phone to record him! So just a still shot for now.
My sweet babies dressed for Christmas Eve Mass.
Sad that only the littles consistently do the sillies now after we finish the serious shots.
We can call this Paul's very own silly I suppose....goofing off with a set of Gram's coasters.
The Batman socks *totally* go with this outfit. Yep, they do.
And then the opening began! Paul helped play Santa to pass out gifts.
Someone was pretty excited for his new Lego kit.
If you give Paul a book (which Gram and Pa did), be ready for him to start reading it right away. In the middle of the chaos he was nose deep in his new book.
She added a little flair to her hair. Looks great Lillie!
Awe - my sweet boys, big and little. Paul loved his new Under Armour ski hat.
We had a lovely lunch and then headed to Christmas Eve Mass at Gram and Pa's church. We even ran into some friends and got to wish them a Merry Christmas. It was a fun day and so nice to drive home in 20 minutes rather than 2-1/2 hours!
Our Christmas celebrations started on Saturday with my side of the family. This is our first holiday in this house and it has been fun determining where all of our decorations (new and old) will go! The weekend was met with great anticipation by three children who were really ready for the holiday to commence.
Peter enjoyed playing with the Polar Express - typically would have been under a tree but this year it was just on the rug on the floor instead.
This is the only "group shot" that I took this year - I was a little lax on the camera and instead just enjoyed the moments. I am glad I caught this moment of divide and conquer....each kid paired with an adult to do something they enjoy. Lillie read to GranJo
, Peter played picture dominoes with Auntie Jen and Paul played Battleship with Uncle Chris.
GranJo commented on how impressed she was with Lillie's continued improvement in her reading. I couldn't believe that Lillie read all 116 pages of the books in one sitting.
My oldest elf! Such a handsome young man.
After we had lunch, the present opening began. Big smiles for anything car, truck, helicopter, etc. Thanks Uncle Chris for the police car to match the helicopter you gave him for his birthday!
Lillie was super excited to open a mood ring from GranJo.
Three of the ladies during the present opening.
No big surprise that she was grinning ear to ear to receive these new books from Auntie Jen!
And the most unique present of the day.....a headlamp from GranJo. It's a light and also it's red like Rudolph's nose. We were all blind by the end but his smile didn't fade.
A new outfit for Layla her American Girl doll....yes please!
We had a lovely day with lots of laughter and plenty of food. I am so happy to be able to host again - the kids have plenty of place to play and all of their things to entertain them and others. It was a blessed start to our Christmas fun.
