Monday, January 2, 2012

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Grammy arrived around 10:30 on Christmas night, so Ib and I made special arrangements with Santa and had him come to our house last this year.

Taking full advantage of the fact that the kids are still too young to remember details about Christmas, and once an unsuspecting Grammy was tucked snug in her bed, Santa worked his magic.

The next morning was like...well...Christmas!

What a whirlwind of excitement! Hugs and kisses, wonder, love, laughter and the best gift: being together.

It is a good thing we get up early...what a long process to open all those presents and try to play with each and every one.

Santa sure knows Knox well...the helicopters and airplanes were a huge hit!

Several hours later, the last gift was finally opened. Ib's delicious turkey dinner came out of the oven at noon and we enjoyed a feast, together.

We had some music.

And Knox got to eat the Christmas Tree cookie that Bop-Bop sent, especially for him.

We had a good, fun day.

And Grammy had the BEST day snuggling with her boys.

Hugs and kisses for bedtime.

Love. Love. Love!

The next day, Daddy was back to work and we took Grammy to the zoo.

She'd been seeing lots of pictures of Knox feeding the giraffes and was hoping that she would get to feed them, too!

We got there just in time for the giraffes' breakfast. And Grammy got her wish!

We spent a nice morning playing at the zoo, had some lunch and headed home for nap time.

But not before a ride on the train!

On Grammy's last day, we took her to Bobo's to see what all the fuss was about. We had a pretty good wait for a Wednesday morning...but, as always, it was worth it!

That afternoon we took a trip to the Harley store in honor of Bop-Bop. Knox got his very own motorcycle to play with. He kept pointing at it and saying "Hot! Owie!" which is when I realized it has flames on the paint job. That kid is too smart.




It was a short three days, but we loved every minute of it! Thank you, Grammy, for coming to visit us. ♥


1 comment:

Nini said...

So glad you had a good time! Love those boys and love the space jammies! Happy New Year!