Our Day

Well, it was a relatively quiet holiday for us this year, seeing as how our family and friends are all 3,000 miles away. But sad thoughts aside, we actually had a lovely day at home in our pajamas. And Santa was VERY nice to the kids this year (as usual), so they were over the moon. And that is really the best part of Christmas, to me-- seeing their happy faces!

Anyhow... it started off on a great note, with Nikos coming in to wake us shortly after 7am. That is LATE for him, so we got to sleep in! He quickly checked the monitor and went to get Maya, and the four of us snuggled in bed for a while until Maya started petitioning for breakfast. NOT presents, mind you! I think she actually forgot. The girl just wanted some food!

Once Gus and I were up and ready, we all went downstairs. Maya's desire for breakfast evaporated the second she realized that Santa had visited! And left PlasmaCars! They both loved zipping around the house on their new "motorcycles," as Nikos called them. Power Ranger motorcycles, to be exact. haha!

But they soon settled down and dug into their stockings. Maya played dress-up with her new fairy wings and Nikos worked on his Spider-Man puzzle while I assembled breakfast and tossed it in the oven.

The rest of the morning, we opened presents slowly, pausing to open/assemble/play with everything. And there were a LOT of things! We took a break to eat breakfast, then kept right on going until it was nearly lunch time. The whole time, it was snowing outside, which was so pretty to look at. I even stopped the festivities at one point to grab my camera and macro filter to get a snowflake picture before it all melted. And, it's not perfect, but it's pretty cool nonetheless!

And then we resumed the unwrapping, of course! Both kids received so many presents that they could name as their favorites, but this cookie set was one of Maya's, and Nikos loved the police helmet we got him (which is actually really fun... we all took turns playing with it. It even has a microphone function where you can amplify whatever you'd like, such as "Please pull over! Remain in your vehicle!" haha!).


Anyway, it was a nice morning. The kids had a wonderful time. After lunch, we watched "Cars 2," which was one of Nikos' gifts. We talked with family. We hung out in our pajamas. We played with toys. It was that sort of day! We capped it off with a dinner of ham, mashed potatoes, broccoli, rolls, and pumpkin pie. All in all, a lovely, quiet holiday.