Merry Christmas!

For the first year EVER, we celebrated Christmas at home. Bob and I realized that it was time for our family to create our own traditions. We were quite thankful that Grandpa and Grandma were able to come and celebrate with us.

Christmas morning started a bit early. It wasn't because of excitement about presents, but rather about the power outage on Christmas Eve. Mama forget to reset Anthony's clock and when he woke up at 5 am it was yellow and he INSISTED that it was time to get up. Well, normally yellow does mean its waking up time, but its not supposed to be yellow at that hour!

Santa and Anthony's relatives were INCREDIBLY generous this year and it took most of the day to work through presents. The highlight above all else was an umbrella with a parrot handle, JUST like Mary Poppins. He pretty much won't put the thing down, including taking it to bed with him.

Other great presents include a push bike (no pedals, no training wheels), membership to the Discovery Museum, an easel and a pile of books. Anthony took an instant liking to "Blueberries for Sal", which I remember fondly from my own childhood.