Christmas fun

We had a great Christmas. It was the first Christmas in our new home (I'll tell more about our new home later). The boys really got into Christmas this year. We saw lots of lights and had fun decorating the tree and giving out yummy goodies. We tried to continue a few traditions. We acted out the Christmas story on Christmas Eve. I don't know how much the boys listened but, they made very cute Shepherds. Mitch decided to be the star as well. Monte was a very loving Shepherd. We also carried on a tradition from My family and the boys got new pajamas on Christmas Eve. They seemed to like that tradition too.

Christmas morning does not start too early for us yet. I can imagine in a few years we will have to get up at the crack of dawn to open gifts. Monte loved opening his first gift but, after one gift he did not care much about the others. Mitch on the other hand has started to get the idea of Christmas morning. When his Dad told his Grandma Mimi that she got too much, Mitch quickly protest "NO Daddy, it's fine, it's not too much!" Dave and I then talked about making sure we downsized Christmas as to not lose it's meaning. But, that said we did feel the Christmas spirit this year.

We did have a fun time with both sides of the family. The kids loved spending time with most of their Grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. We missed seeing Grandpa Birrell and Tootsie and our family in Washington and Scotland.