and I am still
so very tired
so I hope that you will
accept this here bounty
of photos and then
I will write a better story
after I sleep again.
Christmas Eve morning
Playtime at Granny and Gramps' house
Maggie "helps" make the Christmas Eve feast
Christmas snuggle
Making cookies for Santa
Decorating cookies for Santa
One for Max
And one for Santa. It's covered in frozen blueberries, in case you are studying the picture and thinking What in God's name is all over that cookie? while feeling alarmed and/or disgusted.
Letter to Santa. 
The stockings were hung by the futon with care. (Take special note of Granny's mismatched pyjamas. She enjoys it when people notice that sort of thing.)
Stockings all in a row.
Reading "'Twas The Night Before Christmas".
Christmas morning, far too early.
Opening presents. Maggie got a baby doll and baby doll accessories. Santa enjoyed taking a trip down the girly aisle this year! And, as a special Christmas bonus, take in my uncombed hair. It was the liveliest thing in the entire house.
Well, maybe the second liveliest.
Max picked out the cloth for Ian's jammy pants, which, now that I think about it, are at least a tie with my wild hair for liveliness.
Gramps made waffles for breakfast, with a side of every single kind of food in the entire universe. If you look in the background, you can see Maggie impaling a bite of ham. She said her first and sassiest multi-sentence conversation item on Christmas during breakfast, when asked if she was going to eat a bite of something. "No", she replied firmly, stabbing herself more ham. "I don't like it. It's yucky." Ian and I are in for bad, bad trouble with that girl, and you should pray for us daily.
To sum up: Merriment abounded.
1 comment:
I guess Gramps' influence is winning out - you'll remember that I actually kept the mismatched pyjamas on. Wild hair; crazy monkey with banana pants; Santa's and moose - it certainly was a Christmas to remember. By the way, how is Santa Bell enjoying the post-Christmas merriment?
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