Christmas Day

We had a wonderful Christmas Day at Gram's and Poppa's house. The girls opened their stockings and would have been happy with those toys. It was hard to convince them to stop playing with them and open other gifts. We opened the box from Josh and Stephanie first. They were able to watch us on skype. They sent a lot of nice things for the girls. Their last present was an envelope with a positive pregnancy test. Surprise! We were all excited for them. Brooke opened her special present from us next. Keith set a timer on it so it would ring during present time. She was very surprised to see her very own iphone to play games. (the phone does not work). During this time Mark snuck the girls' bikes in the dining room. Claire noticed them first. They were so excited to see what Santa brought. It was too bad the weather turned icy; or they would have been riding around outside. They did a few laps around the kitchen. At one point during the present opening, Brooke setup her own foot dr. office. She had a mat spread out and she was working on her feet with the play doctor toys. Keith was very proud. You just don't realize how much kids are observing. Twyla's parents and sister came over for brunch later. Twyla's dad opened a big container of Peanuts. Brooke walked right over and started eating some of the peanuts and feeding some to Twyla's dad. It was pretty cute. They took great naps that afternoon and then played for the rest of the day. It was a really fun Christmas.