We had such a wonderful time with family out in Indianapolis this Christmas! We've seen enough of Grandma and Grandpa (and Uncle Iain and Aunt Erin!) that the kids are now completely comfortable with them, which makes for an even nicer and more relaxing vacation. Joshua in particular absolutely loves hanging out with his grandparents -- they shower him with more focused attention than he generally gets from his poor, tired parents on a daily basis. ;) And they have different toys! And books! And an old helium birthday balloon!!
Christmas day was so much fun this year. Joshua really got into the opening of presents (so much so that he woke up on the 26th and asked hopefully to open more presents...), and he loved all the very thoughtful and fun gifts he received! Iain and Erin found these brightly colored silicone coasters, designed to wrap around the bottom of the glass and distinguish it from others' glasses. Technically, I think they were a gift to me and David, but Joshua saw them and immediately claimed the colorful circles as his own. :) As Iain predicted he would! They also got him a set of building squares (again, symmetrical and brightly colored), and he was fascinated by how they fit together into different configurations.
(You can see he also received a set of stickers from Grandma, one of which was promptly affixed to the front of his sweater!)
But I'm afraid everything else immediately paled into insignificance when he opened his big! red!! FIRE TRUCK!!! from Grandma and Grandpa. :) A button on top makes the lights flash and the siren play (thankfully, not too loudly or long), and there's a crane ladder and a rubber hose and two little firefighters to drive the truck. Joshua was utterly transfixed, and played with nothing else for the rest of the morning.
Where was Sophia during all this? Fast asleep upstairs, I'm afraid... But she made out like a bandit with cute and fun presents from everyone, all of which Joshua delighted in helping me open. :) And once Sophia woke up, we had a fun little Christmas photo shoot with the kids! Where I managed to get a photo with both kids looking at me and looking happy!
Most of the other shots I got looked more like this:
Though that last one really melts my heart!
OK, gotta pick up speed and get through the rest of this photo dump recap...
Joshua got his first real playing in the snow experience while we were out in Indy! There was a massive snowstorm just after Christmas, so David and Iain went out to shovel out the driveway before the snow got piled up too high. And Joshua went to help! :)
And to wrap things up, a series of Sophia on various relatives! :)
All four of us had such a wonderful time over Christmas. And we can't wait until the next time we get to hang out with family!
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