More Christmas-- round 2

Our family spread out Christmas into two sessions this year. Santa visited us in the morning at our house with Omi and Papa, and then we loaded up the van with wrapped gifts for round 2 of our exchange over at Grandmama and Poppy's house.  

Who needs Santa when you have grandparents who gift you so richly? Between Omi and Papa's trampoline & this hoopla of an unwrapping session, we had a blessed Christmas.

He just hasn't grown out of his Matchbox car collection. He'll sit for long periods of time racing these around on the floor. He's a make and model master, too.

Poppy acted like he had no clue what this gift was from the kids. He likes to play up the whole mystery game even though there really was no way to creatively disguise a new golf umbrella beneath the Christmas wrapping.  It was either a cane of an umbrella:)

The kids like to take a front row seat to all of the action while their bursting with excitement to announce what the present is before the reveal. Keeping secrets is really hard sometimes.

It's never a chaotic scene with paper thrown in the air though. Each person gets all the attention while they are unwrapping their gift.  Since Landon and I are in the business of merging family traditions--that's a Miller family tradition.
Landon is opening a Banana Leaf silicone lid here.  You can use the covering instead of aluminum foil for use in the kitchen. The trend seems to be that Landon and Clay always receive matching kitchen gadgets. Isn't that so cute? ;)

Here is one of Eliza Kate's favorites from Uncle Clay. A Princess Play dough set got her excited. She has put her creative juices into action  molding new dresses for Belle, Aurora and Cinderella. We need lots of little hands -on crafts to sway her away from screen time. 

We bundled up in coats & Eliza Kate dazzled us all in her princess and the pop star tutu twirly outfit from Grandmama & Poppy. We headed to the backyard to watch Miller's flagship launch of his stomp rocket pad.  There just might have been an astronaut countdown. Uncle Clay gives gifts  toys that he likes to play with. The main goal was to avoid a rocket mishap in the lake. 

Those boys got the rocket flying past the roof. It drew quite a crowd on the deck overhead. When the uncle/nephew duo weren't playing Spy Gear with Nerf guns, you could find them rough housing in some part of the house. Although, we still took it easy on Miller after being sick for so long.

A Christmas dinner complete with a standing rib roast was a wonderful way to celebrate togetherness after such a busy morning. Grandmama always dresses up her table scape so beautifully.  She adds special touches to the kid's place settings. Our vintage, Christmas Coke glasses trimmed with holly from our childhood made an appearance. They weren't filled with Coke this year. But, Miller dreams of the day that soda will be in his glass for special occasions:)

Merry Christmas to all and to ALL a good night! After dinner, the littles couldn't wait to skedaddle back home to play with all of their new gifts.