Family Christmas
Christmas is always fun and has been more than ever as the Girls start learning about giving and receiving gifts… Who am I kidding!!! Piper couldn’t contain herself to start tearing into presents. Piper seemed just the right age for starting to really grok opening gifts and watching others do the same. Violet was a fast learner as well (and had a good teacher in her older sister) and didn’t waste any time tearing off paper and claiming what was hers.
The big gift this year for the girls was a train table. Complete with all the trimmings this table took nearly two full hours for three adults to assemble and “test”. It was much to big to wrap so we just put it in the middle of the living room floor with a big bow on it. Both girls saw it the instant they came into the room and after a moment of asking “did santa bring that for us” they dug in and starting driving trains – a good distraction while coffee and cinnamon rolls were made. I think for a short while they even…dare I say it…shared!
Opening gifts went pretty smooth and we all had a great time watching the girls and enjoying gifts from each other. There were a couple of key gifts that Santa brought as well, somehow strategically hidden under the tree. One was a wooden castle that folded out and was the obvious home for a princess and her prince to live. Both girls instantly fell to playing it with and had to be goaded after a while back into opening gifts – by far this was unexpectedly “the gift”, and one that have continued to play with since. A second, and the last gift that was pulled from the tree made Piper smile from ear to ear. Santa brought a hot pink vanity, stool and accessory kit. At first I am not sure she understood what it was but once we set it up, put the stool out and opened the make-up and accessories there was no stopping her from being a princess. Violet joined in a few times and Piper made her up like a step sister. I see us grabbing another one of these in the next year or so as they fight continuously over who gets to use it – there is no sharing of course.
After a while the festivities quited down and we all started working on dinner, which was still many hour off, and enjoyed a fun day hanging out at the house playing with new gadgets, toys and the girls.
Merry Christmas to All!!!
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