Christmas Meal

We were lucky to be invited to CK's cousin's house for Christmas dinner, so we made dinner rolls, Lila's carmel pecan pie, and my Grandma's apple pie to take with us. It was a delicious meal with Jason, Tanya and her family and CK's Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Marvin and Grandma Van. Excellent food and excellent company! We left stuffed!

Putting the "top" on the apple pie


The kid's table


With Jason and Adam after eating


Relaxing together with full bellies

Opening Presents on Christmas Day

On Christmas day we woke up, built a fire and opened presents in our pajamas while snacking on the delicious Wolferman's english muffins sent my my cousin Kari and her family. Sofia also explored the goodies left by Santa - the much-asked for Pony House with ponies and pony clothes (we still have no idea why this was such a requested toy). Santa also left a few goodies in Sofia's stocking, including a chocolate Santa, which I don't think lasted more than a few days. It was a relaxed morning and fun time spent together.

To Sofia from Santa...


Helping Papa put together his Tic-Tac-Toe game (from Sofia)


Sofia gets her own Baron! This becomes one of her most prized possessions!


Books, books and more books.....She's in Heaven!


Smile! Her new camera from Uncle Roger and Aunt Kathy


Smile Papa!


Fun fish sunglasses from Aunt Shirl and Uncle Steve.

Papa's Birthday Candles

Below is a video of Sofia helping her Grandma add candles to CK's birthday cake. She loved it and it's amazing we didn't burn down the house :-) Enjoy!

Angeles del Cielo

Below is the video from Sofia's school's Christmas show. The entire 3-year old classes sang "Angeles del Cielo" and did a great job. Sofia is in the middle and is wearing her pink tennis shoes (they are pretty easy to spot). Going into this show, she never told us anything about what they were singing, what they were practicing at school, etc. She was very silent on the whole thing, so it was all new to us! Enjoy!

Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa

On our final night at Grandpa and Grandma's house, we opened presents as our early Christmas together. It was a lovely evening full of delicious food and spiced juice, and of course, presents. Sofia loved it and it was great fun to watch her open each of her presents and enjoy it. One present she opened she completely fell in love with and it was hard to convince her that she had more presents to open! It was what she now calls the "animal machine." It's shaped like a small gum ball machine and using a fake coin, a round plastic animal would pop out of the machine. She completely fell in love! She set it all up and then started playing with it and really had to be coaxed to open her grand finale! I didn't take a photo of her big final present from her Grandma and Grandpa, but only video, which is hilarious to watch! Such excitement!

Sofia and a mountain of presents


Little Santa girl


Helping Grandma open her gift


Opening a Sofia gift


The "animal machine"!!


Setting up all her animal furniture and playing...