Christmas, Part 2

We went to my parents' house for Christmas dinner around 4:00. It was a delicious meal of lasagna, ham, meatballs, cracker corn, and rolls. We hung around just long enough to eat dinner and then we headed up to my grandparents' house in Bel Air to have Christmas with that side of the family. All of my aunts, uncles, cousins, and their kids were there except for one who was in Texas for the holiday.

Here is a picture of our family on Christmas.

Each of my aunts and uncles gave Peyton some gifts. Aunt Donna and Uncle Tom gave Peyton this GeoTrax set to go with his train tracks.

Aunt Marie and Uncle Jay gave him a Spiderman bath set that contains bubble bath and a basketball net and balls. He loved that, of course, since balls and baths are two of his favorite things.

Uncle Donald gave Peyton the game Topple and some cars.

After the kids opened their presents, we did a secret Santa-type gift exchange among the adults. Each adult brought a gift which was wrapped and put it in a pile. Everyone was given a number. Then my grandmother called numbers one at a time. When your number was called, you got to pick a gift. Kyle ended up with a pack of flashlights. I got picked last and won a nice smelling candle.

Next, my grandmother called everyone's numbers again, but this time each person picked a wrapped gift card out of a box. I chose an Exxon gas card, but since there are no Exxon gas stations around our house, I traded it with Aunt Marie for an Applebee's gift card. Kyle got a card to Home Depot. Next my grandparents gave everyone gifts from them. Thanks for everything! We hung out for a little while longer, but it was getting super late and my grandparents live about an hour from us, so we had to get home to put Peyton to bed.

On the day after Christmas, Peyton took some time to play with some of his new toys. He built some buildings with his new blocks.

And he played with his power tool workbench. He was very safe and wore his safety goggles!

Later, we finally got around to opening our stockings. Peyton got a little Mickey Mouse book, a Mickey sticker/coloring book, chalk and dry-erase markers for his easel, and some scissors.

After stockings, Peyton opened his gifts from Uncle Ryan, Aunt Becky, Lindsey, and Sara. He got a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse book, another book/puzzle, pajamas, Fridge Phonics, and some PlayDoh. He loved everything. He even loved the wrapping paper because it was Mickey Mouse and there was Mickey and friends on the inside of the paper too.

Finally, Peyton opened his gifts from Uncle Adam, Aunt Suzie, Adam, Branden, and Hailey. He got another Fridge Phonics, some Color Wonder markers and paper, and a Magna Doodle. He liked all of that stuff too!

One more Christmas post coming up... It's like never-ending Christmas around here.