This Christmas, we were lucky to celebrate with Grandma and Grandma Glass, and Grandma Allaire. We missed Gigima (Great Grandma Allaire) who was sick, Auntie Em who was working, and Grandpa Keith, who was in Amado, but our thoughts were with them!
While the Granparents Glass were in town, we checked out the toy train museum, the Pima Air museum, and the Christmas lights at Winterhaven. On Christmas Eve, we went to church, then walked around our neighborhood, enjoying the Christmas lights. We sprinkled magic reindeer food on our sidewalk, then laid out cookies for Santa and a sign to help himself to some chocolate stout, courtesy of Broken Glass Brewery.
Tyler started off Christmas morning by asking Tyson to fix his snow globe. We've put alot of miles on that globe in the year we've had it!
A tradition from the days of Dusty, we had Vader initiate the Christmas gift opening ritual.
Tyler continues to love Vader deeply. Vader tolerates this patiently. Is it love, or is it because Tyler feeds him so frequently?
Grandma Allaire helped Tyler open his first stocking gift - a Christmas ornament with his name on it
Grandma and Grandpa Glass got Tyler a wonderful set of art supplies, including his first set of markers.
Do you remember your first set of markers? So different from crayons. Grown up. Moist. So brightly colored. A whole new world has opened.
Grandpa enjoyed receiving Su Doku, nuts, and pfefferneusse.
Tyson and I were psyched for Tyler to open this gift from the Glass-Johnson family...
...a Tyler-sized rocking chair, for his reading pleasure. He didn't seem too interested in it at first, and quickly moved on to his new basketball hoop.
But the next gift was a book from Grandma, with her voice reading it. Without any prompting, Tyler immediately sat in his new chair, and held the book up for Grandma to read to him.
The book, the chair, and the basketball hoop simultaneously captured Tyler's attention.
Tyler eventually returned to opening gifts. I'm so excited to have the smell of playdough in our house. Such a comforting, happy smell. And that pizza party gift is too cool. I have video of Tyler feeding some to Tyson, hopefully he can help me get it on here...
Tyler took lots of breaks from his gifts to survey the situation, and enjoy the ornaments on the tree.
Who can resist a precious face like this?
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Christmas jammies are the BEST! So fabulous that Peggy's tradition has carried on, and in such a different direction. She would love that! As for me, I love the picture of Tyler with Vader, and your description of markers, because that. is. spot. on. I continue to find it fun and also slightly disturbing that Tyler looks so much like Eddie. How does THAT happen?
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