Christmas Day, part 1

Christmas Day! Our third Christmas in Portland, in this house.  We woke up at our usual time, which is to say very early, and the children were delighted to find that Santa had come in the night! Everyone opened their stockings and Santa presents, and then we took a break to eat fig bread, pears and oranges, and coffee/tea, and then the children distributed the loot from under the tree.  There were a lot of presents.  :)  We all opened presents, taking turns (more or less) until everyone started to get hungry and over-stimulated, and then we took another break to eat some scrambled eggs (and black beans, avocado, chevre, spinach... apparently opening presents is hungry work).  And then it was back to the opening!  Thank you to everyone who sent such amazing gifts of toys and books and clothes to our children and to us!!

First gift from Santa: a Brazil soccer jersey and shorts! He put them on right away!

Liesl's Christmas dress from Santa.

Santa also brought an orange My Little Pony for Liesl. She's seen this pony and its friends multiple times in various stores here and in Cannon Beach, and has always asked for the orange one. I don't know why, but it's a good thing Santa heard her request. :)  At the end of the night, she said it was her favorite present.

Frozen. It's going to be a BIG theme of Liesl's Christmas... books, clothes, puzzles, tattoos, games...

A set of four walkie-talkies!!!!  Yay!!!!  This was Sebastian's special request from Santa.  We tested them out and they work amazingly well, and at a pretty decent range - nearly a mile away.

 

Fig bread.... yummy.

And... back to the presents. Our Christmas elves made piles for everyone, and then surrounded themselves with their precious treasures...