Christmas morning met us with Santa’s arrival and starting
with stockings and Santa gifts downstairs.
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| Chase asked Santa for a Spiderman mask and web shooter. This is the web shooter. |
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| Here is Jack posing in the Spiderman mask |
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| The triplets all got puzzles from Santa focusing on a different skill. This is ABCs - Graham |
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| Anthony - focus on shapes |
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| Jack - focus on colors |
Then the crew arrived! My mom,
Mom-mom, Pop-pop, Uncle Matt, Aunt Jen, Bise and Meredith joined Nana at our
house for the festivities. Yes, that was 8 adults and 6 kids in one space on
Christmas morning and it was…..GLORIOUS! We had such a good time celebrating
that I will let the pictures do most of the talking on this one.
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| Release the hounds! |
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| And more hounds released! |
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| Anthony showing off Chase's game for his Leap Pad |
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| Dancing Mickey - BIG hit |
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| Dancing with Mickey |
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| Enjoying our gifts with our cousins |
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| Each triplet got their own drawing board like this |
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| One of the card games that Chase got - he was SOOOO excited about this! |
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| Graham |
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| The triplets each got a backpack....again, there is a reason to be announced soon, promise! |
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| Keeping with the Mickey theme...each grandkid got a Mickey ornament from Grandma. Jack had a fit and screamed when I tried to put his on the tree! It was too funny. |
After presents we ate a traditional Christmas morning brunch
at our house – the one Matt and I grew up enjoying with ‘family’ in Savannah.
You see, when your Mom is an only child and your Dad’s only sibling lives on
the opposite Coast, you tend to collect ‘family’ in other ways. While we love
our blood family like none other, we always became the collectors of ‘family’
in other ways. Christmas morning was celebrated in our house with family
friends joining us after Mass along with Father O’Brien for brunch and good
times. Although life has changed in so many ways, some good, some not, it is
nice to have that part of the tradition to hold on to. I think it helps me
still feel like my Dad is ‘there’ on Christmas and it is nice to know that isn’t
going to change for me.
After the fun and food, everyone went home for a round of
naps before we all gathered at Mom’s house for Christmas dinner. This time,
Jennifer’s brother, girlfriend and their son joined us. We had another amazing
meal and celebrated the real meaning of Christmas for me…family!
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| Getting dinner plates ready for 7 kids |
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| The 4 'big' kids at their own table |
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| Merry Christmas! |
Winding down for the night with a few books with Nana before going to bed.
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| Nana and "Spider-Graham" |
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| Graham and Jack reading with Nana |
If you thought the holiday fun was done here for us, WRONG!
We still had more to come. Stay tuned for Round 7.
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