Thursday, January 21, 2010

Christmas Eve Day 2009

This was our first year being home for Christmas, which was a lot of fun. The kids awoke Christmas Eve morning to find presents under the Christmas tree. They were most excited. But they had to wait to open them!



They did, however, get to dive into their stockings.


The girls found some princess costume jewelry, which they immediately put on.



The boys were thrilled with dinosaurs and little trucks.



All day long they had to wait to open presents. Finally after dinner, it was time. Here is Joseph, with his favorite shirt on (that he wants to wear every day), sporting his new tool belt.



Dominic is ready to fix some things around the house. Which is exactly what he and Joseph have been doing since Christmas. They fix the stairs, the walls, the chairs...




What happy little faces!



Daddy examines his new mug with picture of his tractor and kids on it, while there in the back is the infamous doll high chair, which was harder to put together than a real one.



Anne's turn.



And then oh, what bliss! The boys got a pedal tractor! You can't see very well here, but Joseph is grinning from ear to ear. It was difficult to get him to let Dominic take a turn, but Dom was a trooper. Eventually the girls even got a ride.



Dominic pushed Joseph around the house, as Joseph couldn't quite get the pedals to go. Won't be long.



2 comments:

Unknown said...

Janet, that looks like a cool tool belt--where did you find it?
Gretchen

House of Brungardt said...

Dominic's was a Black and Decker set from Lowe's. I was going to get the same one for Joseph, but I thought it might be too big, so I got one off Amazon that said down to age 3. The brand is Small World Living. It latches in the front and is adjustable. Joseph is 2.5 and I could make it even smaller if I needed to. Both belts came with lots of tools.