Happy Holidays!

We all had a wonderful Christmas! Aunt Gina made the trip from New York to spend Christmas with us, and Henry had a fabulous time hanging out with her and enjoying his gifts.

Christmas Eve started with a pancake breakfast for Henry:



We decorated and ate many cookies:



Mike made up for our lack of a fireplace:



We opened our traditional Christmas Eve gifts of new pajamas:



Henry also was able to open one small toy gift, which turned out to be some Thomas trains. I honestly think Henry would have been 100% happy leaving Christmas at that - he loves those trains!



Then, Henry fell asleep while listening for Santa's sleigh:



Santa arrived:




Christmas morning we opened stockings:



Which included one of his favorite gifts - a flashlight (it's the little things...):


Then, Henry saw his Santa gifts - a guitar (which he specifically asked Santa for) and a new scooter. The guitar was a huge hit:






The scooter was also a success:




After a break for breakfast we moved on to the other gifts:







It was chaos:



The rest of the day was spent playing with new toys:






And going back to some old favorites:



Mike made a fabulous, traditional Danish Christmas meal for us:



It was a wonderful holiday. Thank you to everyone who shared the day with us, in person and in spirit.