Christmas 2013

After over a week of a rather nasty stomach virus, we finally found ourselves almost totally healed this Christmas.  And it was a really special, quiet but fun, day.  Santa brought Edie a wooden doll bed, and Eli a train set.  Edie decided that Santa should get four whole cookies, and she was on to something because he ate all four!  From mom and dad, Edie received a puzzle that explains human anatomy and her first big kid board game: Candy Land.  Eli got a sorting game that mom made out of needle felted acorns and painted bowls, a set of Duplos and also a rain stick type musical instrument. Dad made us fluffy pancakes, though Edie wasn't too hungry because Santa has started the potentially brilliant tradition of including a breakfast in Edie's stocking so she can be tided over while she plays with her stocking treasures - and just maybe not wake mom and dad up at 6 am.  After nap time, we went over to our friends house and had a casual dinner, enjoying the calm as best as you can with four kids under four running around.  Will and I have been married almost a decade, and have had a lot of nice Christmases.  But they just keep getting better.