Christmas Morning 2011

Alas, I didn't take very many pictures this Christmas.

I was way too busy just enjoying the day.

Christmas was on Sunday this year, and that is always my favorite day to have Christmas.

It makes it so much easier to feel the spirit and not get caught up in the hustle of the day.

 William was a man with a mission in the morning.

When we walked downstairs and he saw the gifts he screeched "WOW!"

It was adorable.

We let the kids open just a couple of presents before church.

 William loves his new car play mat.  And he is nice enough to share with his sister.

 Isabelle has been so into her new Legos.

It was somewhat strange to buy "big kid" toys for her this year,

but she was definitely ready for some!

 Everybody got new church clothes for Christmas since it was on Sunday.

 William thought he should get to pose for a picture just like his big sister.

This tall dark and handsome man was in charge of assembly.

Well that's it for the pictures.

The rest of the day I worked on a puzzle and ignored the kids while munching on the dark chocolate Santa brought.

The kids didn't seem to notice or care since they were off gleefully playing with new toys.

We had a lavish and tasty dinner thanks to my mom, Soungsik squeezed in a nap on the couch, and then we played some games.  

That pretty much sums up a perfect Christmas.

We hope you and yours had a wonderfully peaceful and happy day as well!

Christmas Eve 2011

This year we held our Cain family Christmas party on Christmas Eve at the taekwondo center again.

Much fun was had.  Much food was consumed.  Much noise was made.  What else could you ask for?

 

The kids had a great time just running around and playing various games.

I always feel blessed that I have a husband who truly enjoys being with his kids and makes a real effort to play with them as much as possible.  I hope when my children are older they will have fond memories of playing with the dad.

True to his form William, or litle Soungsik as I have taken to calling him,

has to be involved with everything.

He has no concept of his age or size in regards to those around him.

There is nothing he won't try or so far can't do.

After lunch it was time for a little hockey.

Here we have the cutie patootie yellow team.

 They were up against the ferocious fighting blue team.

It's pretty clear here which team was more competitive,

and also which team won.

 William wasn't going down without a fight though!

Present time finally rolled around.

 This year William really got into the opening spirit.

He was a present opening machine, and like most 2 year olds he thought everything should be "mine".

 I love to see how excited the kids get not only for their own presents, 

but also to see what others are getting as well.

 

Here Great Grandma & Grandma are ripping into something good.

We love them!

After our party we went home and enjoyed the rest of the evening.

Making cookies, playing games, having treats, etc.

And of course we had to open our traditional Christmas Eve jammies.

This has been such a wonderful and relaxed Christmas season.

They should all be this good.