A Very Merry Christmas

We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas day in Columbus this year. On Christmas Eve we dressed up in our Christmas best and celebrated Jesus' birthday at church. Then we went to Mimi and Papa's house, where we ate dinner and played with our cousins Maya and Baran.




It got pretty late so we put on our pj's and listened to Papa read "Twas the Night Before Christmas".


We headed home and set out our cookies and milk for Santa. The girls also sprinkled some reindeer food in the front yard. Ava wrote a pretty extensive note for Santa this year, listing what she and Lily wanted for Christmas. Topping the list this year- ipad touch, cell phone, "no sleeve" dress, and video games. I'll let you guess how many of those Santa actually brought.

Even though they didn't get several things on their list, Santa still managed to bring some things that they were excited about. Ava's favorite gift was definitely her Leapster Explorer. Lily's favorite gift was anything small that she could put in a bag and carry around- hair accessories, squinkies, dolls. Bennett was happy with binkies.





We spent the rest of the day at Mimi and Papa's where we ate more delicious food and opened more gifts with our cousins.











As for me, I have all the gifts I need right here. It was a very Merry Christmas indeed!