Christmas Eve the weather was actually pretty nice, so I took the girls down to the pocket park to burn off some energy. Aspen experienced the sandbox for the first time, and LOVED it. She was just bummed that I wouldn't let her eat the moldy old leaves.
Grandmom and Grandpa came down and we all got to have dinner together, the girls opened their first presents (matching pajamas!) and Sabine put out cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer. She carefully counted out nine, so that there would be one for Rudolph, too.
We switched between old world traditions and new, reading Christmas books with all the adults, and checking out Google's Santa tracker in between each story on the computer.
It was fun to watch Santa arrive in South America on the computer, and as he started traveling north, we decided we better get to bed, just in case.
In the morning, Sabine came running downstairs and got the handful of M&Ms in the last door of the advent calendar, then announced that she had noticed that Santa had left presents under the kid tree upstairs in the loft, so we all went upstairs to open those first.
There was one big box for both girls, Santa gave them their own ornament holder, since they now have so many of their own.
Then we went back downstairs to check out the big tree and the stockings.
Santa, friends, and family were all very generous with Sabine and Aspen. Thank you to all of you! It was a fun morning, and while Aspen didn't totally get what was going on, Sabine helped her open some of her gifts, and she got the hang of ripping paper very quickly!
Santa did deliver the requested lego set, the very stable set Sabine had in mind, and she was thrilled.
Everyone in the family really enjoyed the whole morning and got into the Christmas spirit.
After presents, we had a good breakfast
Sabine got her own champagne glass again (with Martinelli's)
And, of course, we had to have our yule log cake!
After breakfast, the legos were immediately opened, and work commenced.
After Aspen's nap, we headed up to Longmont, reluctantly leaving the legos behind. Once we got there, though, it was a blast to be with the whole family.
There were presents for the kids, a lovely Christmas dinner, and a fun white elephant gift exchange for the grown ups.
It was a really lovely day, overall, we loved all the family time, more legos were assembled when we got home, and I think both girls really enjoyed themselves and slept well that night. You really can't ask for a more magical Christmas than that!
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