Opus 403 - Christmas

We had a very pleasant Christmas. The kids didn't wake up too early - about 8:00ish. It's the joys of having kids that are still a little too young to fully understand Christmas. They knew Christmas was coming (we made a paper chain - they loved taking one off each day and seemed to understand that when we got to the end it would be Christmas) and they knew Santa was bringing presents (we left cookies and milk out and everything), but I don't think, when they went to sleep Christmas Eve, they really understood that when they woke up it would be Christmas.

Once they saw the tree and noticed the new presents and the unwrapped toys, they caught on.





Grandma and Grandpa Smith have two of those old Little People train sets at their house. Lissa and Joshua LOVE them and can play with them for hours. We thought it would fun for them to have a set of their own. They were a hit!


Santa brought Joshua a lawnmower. Sadly, it doesn't fully understand what it is. Since we live in a townhouse, we have landscapers that use riding lawnmowers. Joshua thinks it's a vacuum :)


Santa brought Lissa a stroller. She loves to load it with toys and push them around.




Santa also brought both kids a baseball and bat. Joshua loved trying his out in Grandma and Grandpa's backyard. We SERIOUSLY need a backyard for these kids!





The kids loved playing in Grandma and Grandpa's backyard. Another nice thing about visiting Arizona for Christmas: playing in the backyard on Christmas day!

Jump rope fun:





"Ring-a-Rosy" (as the kids call it):


More lawnmower and stroller fun:

After enjoying Christmas morning at Grandma and Grandpa's, we headed over to my cousin's house for her annual birthday party. It was nice to see the family. Lissa and Joshua wowed everyone with their singing of the BYU Fight Song (they know almost every word!!). Well, almost everyone. The ASU grads weren't as impressed :)