Christmas Day

How appropriate - my first blog of 2009 is catching up on 2008!


We spent Christmas Eve with my parents, some pizza, and a big pile of gifts. Zach was a big fan of his new piano and coffee pot, which makes real brewing noises! Christmas morning we started our day of overeating with brunch, with my aunt, uncle, cousin and her daughter. Mya is a year older than Zach, and the two of them had a good time playing together, especially with Grandpa Geo's trains.

That afternoon my brother, sister-in-law, and their two kids came over, along with my cousin and her boyfriend. Chase was sick, so he missed out on the fun, especially seeing Zach and Sophie battle over toys ("that's Zach's!!" was a constant refrain). We grazed all afternoon long, in between singing the Itsy-Bitsy Spider with the kids and trying to figure out how to get those plastic toys out of the adult-proof wrapping.

Santa was good to all of us again this year, in many ways!

Koskie's reaction to it all...