Christmas morning

Here are some pictures from Christmas morning, starting with our lovely tree ("before").





And waking up early, cuddling, etc....... (aren't Rychen P.'s PJs so cute? The Joneses do new PJs every Christmas Eve.)




It was fun to open presents together, as a family, taking turns. This is the first year Rychen P. was old enough to really know what was going on. We were blessed to find a lot of things to wrap up, that were either free or cost very little. Rychen P. wasn't in a hurry, though--he wanted to play with each toy before going on to the next!





And then we went to Grandma's house, to open more presents there and spend the day with them. Rychen P. loved playing in the pile of wrapping paper! A funny thing he did was stuff tissue paper into a bag over and over, then say "1-2-3 Go!" and pull it all out.

And here is our traditional picture at the Beach House (we have several of these, at different points of our family). There is something noteworthy of this specific point of our family story... there is a 4th member of our family, very small, maybe you can see if you look really, really, close (get out your electron microscope!) Or you could just look at my tired face and see right there :-)

A funny picture of Dad, enjoying the stocking stuffers in a unique way...



Here's a random picture, I think from Christmas Eve. Rychen P. was eating some potato wedges and ketchup on the floor, and next thing I know he was finger painting with the leftover ketchup! It was hilarious, and I was just in the mood to grab a peice of paper and let him go at it!