Christmas

Christmas morning Alena and Nora woke up at 5:30 am.  Ben was already downstairs with Edith, and he stalled them long enough that I got to sleep until 7!  They were excited to see their big presents:  tickets to The Wild Kratts Live in May, and a new trampoline in the basement!  Edith got a new under the sea light show to soothe her to sleep (it has since been claimed by Nora.  As is the pecking order in the house!)

We went to the Jensens' for lunch.  We had prime rib and Edith was kind enough to sleep during the meal.  The girls had a fun time opening gifts and playing with their cousins.  Melissa and Andrew revealed that their baby is a boy!

The following day we went to the Ossmans'.  Aunt Kristina had to work, so we had a meal in the evening.  It was a tapas meal with cheese, bread, salami and spreads.  It was capped off by Kristina's yule log, her new holiday tradition (we will see next year if the tradition continues!)  Alena stayed the night with Lily and Finn and came back the next day.  Aunt Angela spent a lot of time holding Edith.  She did a great job of calming her down.  We were trying to get her to move in with us!