christmas 2009

christmas this year was really awesome.......casey was pretty big into santa claus this year - she got it a lot more than i thought she would.........well, she didn't get that he was the one who brought presents, she just knew he was a pretty important guy around this time of year.......she points out "santy" everywhere - from books to the mall santa to the one on her pjs......and she likes to point out the "reineer" that accompany him as well.......
we left cookies, milk, and carrots out for santa and his reindeer on christmas eve........
and on christmas morning we had lots of fun opening the gifts santa left us.......casey opened her little people airplane first and really would've been content to just have gotten that.......she loved it and kept going back to it even after opening other gifts we got her........we got her a radio control car, a tea set, some tub toys, and some books........unfortunately it was a little harder to shop for molly........she can't really play with too much at a month old.......but we found her a couple little things that she can play with in the upcoming months.......
then it was off to nanny and grampy's to open some more gifts........santa left a little people farmhouse and a toy baby carriage for casey there........and some clothes for molly........
finally we travelled down to grammy and grampy's house in north attleboro for yet more gift opening and dinner.........santa left us all a lot of gifts there - most memorable was the toy grocery cart, wooden blocks, and really annoying talking elmo doll........
we got a new dishwasher and 4 slot toaster and a recycling/trash center........i know i've officially kissed my youth goodbye when those were my favorite gifts!........well those and the andre agassi autobiography which i'm dying to read.......
it was a really fun day overall, although casey had a tough night sleeping christmas night.......probably a combo of being overtired and overstimulated all day.......but luckily that only lasted one night.......and she napped for almost 4 hours the next day so she made up for it quickly.......