Christmas

Better late than never...

We had a wonderful Christmas. It was the very first Christmas where we have woken up in our own home, as opposed to the homes of our parents'. We set our alarm for 6am, so we would have time to shower, eat breakfast and open a few gifts before the boys woke up. We made our favorite breakfast (bagels, cream cheese, smoked salmon, lime, red onion, capers and mimosas - reminiscent of a trip to Napa years ago). Yes, mimosas. Our first unsupervised Christmas and we were drinking before 7:15am.
Meeting their new friends Brobee and Elmo - they were mesmerized by how they talk, move and dance!


Wesley wondering what this Brobee guy is all about. You can see that Win, on the far right, thinks it's funny. And Charlie, on the left, is doing the "more" sign for more Elmo!

Charlie and Elmo blowing kisses to each other

Our 5 children: Elmo, Wes, Charlie, Win, and Brobee

Yes, Win is standing on a present - apparently more fun that opening it!

Wesley takes a break and sits on the dog's bed. Yes, we gave them their own personalized comfy chairs, and he chooses to sit on the dog's bed.

After the boys opened their gifts, we headed over to Grammy and Poppy's. Jim, Mi Jung, Alexandra and Christian were up from Dallas - it was so special that we could all celebrate together.
Cousin Christian - he is exactly 7 months younger than the boys (and approximately the same size...)

Grammy & Poppy gave the boys a large piano - like from the movie Big. You can see from this photo that Wesley is fascinated with the speakers, Charlie with the pictures and Winston with the fire.

Alexandra, Jimbo and Christian

And then out came Twister


Winston helping Grammy with the spin wheel

Wesley and Charlie worked out on the trampoline while Jim and Grammy played Twister

Our family Christmas photo with the only child (Winston) that would sit through the 3 seconds it took to take it.