Merry Christmas!

Can you believe it? Christmas 2007 is already over. It blows me away how fast Christmas seems to come and go each year. Christmas 2007 was another great one for our family. Jessica is here staying with us for a few weeks and the girls are loving it. Jessica doesn't get a break because the girls are constantly wanting to play with her. It's a good thing Jess is so patient with them.

Once again this year we stayed home Christmas Day and enjoying a nice relaxing time. We all got up around 9:00 and wandered downstairs to see what Santa had left under our tree. Emma was thrilled to see all the goodies waiting for her. After a few quick photos, some coffee and some chocolate we were ready to begin opening our gifts. We always start with the stockings in our house and this year was no different. Emma emptied all her items out on the floor and then slowly picked through them to choose the ones that she wanted to open. The stockings are always my favourite part. I love to see all the cool things that you can pack into one little sock. Emma loved all the treats as well as her nail polish and perfume. Natalia, on the other hand, was really only interested in the chocolate. Everytime she saw a piece she wanted to eat it.


After the stockings were open we moved on to the gifts under the tree. We opened each gift one by one and allowed the girls to really get to see it. If it needed put together we did that or if it was a book we read it. I love that that girls get to explore all their treasures as they unwrap them.

We were finally finished unwrapping all our stuff around 11:00. After that, we cooked up a quick brunch of bacon, eggs and toast. We knew the girls wouldn't want to sit still for long and we were right. They gobbled down their food as fast as possible and then it was back to the gifts. Emma received about 4 games this year so we took the time to play each and everyone with her. She loved the attention.

All in all it was a great day for us. We were sorry we couldn't make it to Fergus but we felt it was better for our family to relax at home so the girls could enjoy all their new stuff.

We wish everyon a very Merry Christmas and we hope to see you all very soon.