Our tradition is to wear pajamas all-day at home on the day after Christmas, and play with all the gifts. Bridget got a late start, waking up at 11 am (while Jillian elected to join the big girls for after-Christmas shopping).
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Christmas Aftenoon in Castle Rock
We joined the aunts, uncles and cousins at Grannie & Papa's for lunch and gift exchange. As per tradition, the kids handed out gifts.
They also enjoyed giving their own gifts (either hand-made or bought with their own money).
After playing for a while, we headed to Aunt Robin & Uncle Dan's for puzzles and homemade pizza.
Breakfast at Grandma Cindy's
We managed to have some room for all the delicious breakfast foods at Cindy & Hal's. Afterwards, the kids received quite the collection of gifts.
Hal had set up a forest of Christmas inflatables in the backyard for our viewing pleasure.
Christmas Morning
It didn't take much to wake the kids at 7 am ... they were ready. Being older, they're pretty good at taking turns and their time opening. Lots of stuff from their lists were fulfilled ...
Bridget tried out her big gift ... a pink cruiser bike.
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Prepping for Christmas Day
As soon as we got home, the kids got onto Google's Santa Tracker to see where Santa was (Montgomery, Alabama).
They put out the milk, cookies and carrot for Santa and his reindeer.
We ended the night with the traditional reading of "The Night Before Christmas".
White Elephant
It was a scaled-down Christmas Eve party in Castle Rock, highlighted by a white elephant gift exchange with a $5 limit. The kids got to join in the fun this year (though poor Jillian ended up picking her own gift ... oh well).
Afterwards, they received their traditiona Christmas jammies from Grannie & Papa.
Progressive Christmas Dinner
We had quite the Christmas feast this year. Mommy made the treats and rolls, then we travelled to Auntie Greta's, Papa Ken & Bev's, and Uncle Davey & Auntie Charolette's, delivering and then picking up even more food. Back home, we ate way too much!
Here's a pic of us delivering food to Papa Ken and Bev.
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