Malynn & Jack made short work of finding out what was under the blanket....TRIKES!!
Just revealing the handlebars was worth an "Ooooooh!"
The pure joy on a child's face as they reveal a wonderful treasure is one of those things you wish you could just bottle up.
Our beautiful Christmas lady!
Just revealing the handlebars was worth an "Ooooooh!"
The pure joy on a child's face as they reveal a wonderful treasure is one of those things you wish you could just bottle up.
Our beautiful Christmas lady!
Our cool Christmas guy!
Malynn was a focused opener. She knew that the folded edges and special flaps on packages were the key to getting inside.
Jack had some more cool guy posing to do.
Malynn got these fantastic Crocs, which she was excited to put on right away.
In fact, if you look closely, you'll notice that Malynn wanted to wear all of her wearable items right away: sparkly bow, bangle bracelets, and, of course, the Crocs.
Jack became the instant expert with the toy vacuum!
(Mommy and Daddy are thinking, "Hmmm, if only it wasn't a toy.")
Then the special toy that every parent wants to give their child, the toy that sparks a life-long fascination with the real thing, the toy that brings out the little boy in big boys...a train set!
This picture warms my heart. Son and father assembling a first train set on Christmas...(sigh).
Chuga, chuga, chuga, chuga, choo -choo!
Our afternoon was filled with train fun.
It was just irresistible!
(Thanks for such a special gift Grand & Ottar.)
Before the afternoon nap, Malynn snuck in some story time with Grand.
And Grand never gets away without sharing some special time talking about jewelry.
And Jack snuck in a couple more cool guy poses.
Malynn was a focused opener. She knew that the folded edges and special flaps on packages were the key to getting inside.
Jack had some more cool guy posing to do.
Malynn got these fantastic Crocs, which she was excited to put on right away.
In fact, if you look closely, you'll notice that Malynn wanted to wear all of her wearable items right away: sparkly bow, bangle bracelets, and, of course, the Crocs.
Jack became the instant expert with the toy vacuum!(Mommy and Daddy are thinking, "Hmmm, if only it wasn't a toy.")
Then the special toy that every parent wants to give their child, the toy that sparks a life-long fascination with the real thing, the toy that brings out the little boy in big boys...a train set!
This picture warms my heart. Son and father assembling a first train set on Christmas...(sigh).
Chuga, chuga, chuga, chuga, choo -choo!
Our afternoon was filled with train fun.
It was just irresistible!(Thanks for such a special gift Grand & Ottar.)
Before the afternoon nap, Malynn snuck in some story time with Grand.
And Grand never gets away without sharing some special time talking about jewelry.
And Jack snuck in a couple more cool guy poses.That day we got the news that Daddy's uncle (Grand's brother), John's memorial service would be on Thursday. We were challenged with securing spur of the moment airline tickets for Grand, Ottar, Amita, and Daddy. Daddy was asked to speak at the service, which was a special honor. So, we had to cut our Christmas Round 2 short to head home that night. We were sad to miss spending more Holiday time with Grand, Ottar, and Janelle (especially to miss out on more of the always delectable food Grand had kept busy preparing), but sometimes life pushes us in different directions than we plan for, and in this case it was for a very good and important reason.
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