The Christmas fun continues
as the girls are having so much fun with their new toys
AND their new clothes.
Yes.
My girlie girls love their new clothes.
Mostly they love dresses and dressing to match each other.
Piper has a slight obsession with twins
(she still has a twin named Kelly
who lives in a pink house in Jamaica!)
But when I dress her and Elliotte alike,
she claims Elliotte as her twin instead.
Christmas morning was a hoot.
Piper had asked Santa for a grocery store,
while Elliotte had asked for something to climb on.
Well... the grocery store was set up near the tree
and was easy to see as soon as the girls awoke.
Elliotte's present from Santa was a little too large for the living room,
so he set it up in our downstairs play area instead.
Neither of the girls knew that Elliotte's climbing dome was downstairs,
but that didn't bother them.
That's because there was a step stool sitting beneath our tree
that was not wrapped.
(I had asked Mark for a new stool for the girls' bathroom.
Both for them to stand on while brushing their teeth
and for me to sit on while giving them a bath.)
When the girls saw the stool,
Elliotte immediately ran over and climbed up to stand on it.
(I didn't lie when I said she's a climber.)
That made Piper think that Santa brought Elliotte her 'climbing' toy
that she asked for.
Silly silly little girls.
Yup.
They both thought that the little step stool was Elliotte's gift from Santa.
Thanks to the fact that my little girls are surrounded by so much love,
they received a LOT of gifts from family and friends.
Both girls were excited to start opening the presents,
but lost interest once things to play with were revealed.
Elliotte's breaking point came upon opening probably he fifth present.
It was a tiny dishcloth knit by my grandmother
for her to use in her little kitchen.
I explained to Elliotte that now she can wash her own dishes
in her own kitchen.
Well, that was the beginning of the end.
She ended up spending a large portion of the rest of the morning cleaning
instead of opening presents.
The rest of the morning was spent standing on my little step stool
behind Piper's grocery store.
KIDS!
Piper also became a little overwhelmed by the end,
but regained her excitement in time for the stockings.
After the gifts and stockings,
we had a lovely breakfast and then let the girls play/nap,
while we got the turkey in the oven and the veggies in the pot.
Once dinner was cooking,
we got ourselves cleaned up
and welcomed some new friends into our home
to help us celebrate this beautiful day.
Mark, Jagoda, Stanley and Lianna joined our family for dinner.
After spending many Christmases away from home,
in the Philippines, Taiwan, Australia, Fort McPherson and Yellowknife,
Mark and I know all too well
what it feels like to be away from family during the holidays.
More than that,
we know how incredible it can be to be welcomed in to people's homes
and treated like we are their family!
That is one of the reasons why we were both so excited
when Jagoda's family accepted our invite for dinner.
We were finally given the opportunity to repay the kindness
that has been shown to us many times over.
Piper and Elliotte were equally excited
to have their little friends here as well.
Jagoda, if you're reading this post,
thank you so much for adding joy to our day!
xo
xo
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| Christmas dinner at the Lynch Household. |
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A better view that includes everyone...
except me of course. |
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| This little one ate a huge supper! |
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While Stanley thought it would be more fun
to move his food from his plate to the table.
Elliotte was okay with that,
because she started stealing his food and eating it! |
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Our little princess who LOVES turkey dinner
didn't eat much at all.
I think she was just overwhelmed with everything
that comes with Christmas day. |
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After supper, our littlest lady
thought that it would somehow be appropriate to put her foot on the table.
It prompted myself and Jagoda to shake our finger at her and say 'no no'.
That triggered Stanley to shake his little finger at her
and then burst into uncontrollable fits of laughter.
Of course, with an audience like that,
there was no way Elliotte was backing down and removing that foot!
Piper joined in the finger wagging and tears of laughter followed.
By far, this was one of the highlights of our Christmas day! |
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Ummmm... if you ignore the mess and the fact that Piper has graduated to a big girl bed,
(she moved in 3 days ago - post to follow!)
do you see what I see? |
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These too were getting along a little too well
and getting a little too cozy.
I'm calling a turkey coma,
but her daddy still wasn't very please! |
