I cannot even put into words how magical Christmas was for us this year.
I can't put my thumb on just why it felt so full and good - other than the obvious... The boys are at such fun and sweet ages. We celebrated for the first time in our new house. It was all so fresh and exciting for our little Boone. It finally SNOWED.
But beyond that - I suppose MAGIC is as the word implies... unexplained but felt & enjoyed.
Maybe it all started with Christmas Eve falling on Sunday. Isn't it the best to celebrate Christ's birth and his wonderful life before the wrapping paper goes flying? It was a day full of all the best kinds of things:
Big Sunday Breakfasts
Polishing Up in our Sunday Best
Enjoying the Songs and Sounds of the Season
Dinner with Family
The Nativity
Three Wisemen Visiting Baby Jesus
Christmas Jammies
Family Game Time
This one is called "Toilet Trouble" and the flusher randomly is sprayed with toilet water.
There were squeals of hysteria as you can imagine.
Cookies for Santa
Dax dutifully sampled a few to make sure Santa would approve. :)
Christmas Eve night brought us my favorite gift of all:
Snow Fall.
It started just as the boys were getting ready for bed. We all stood in the front doorway and gleefully celebrated the white flakes twirling in the Christmas Lights. Then the world became quiet as all sounds were muffled by the snow globe scene. Ever so quickly the flakes gathered and a nice Christmas blanket was unfolded on the yard. The timing was perfect.
And the next morning we had just one early riser, Dax, who snuggled in bed next to us while he waited for his brothers to wake up. At last we all went to Ace's room and woke him for the action.
They all ran down the stairs with those faces of childhood delight. And the rest is best explained in pictures:
Boone got a bike. A little balance bike sans pedals in the color "BWU" just as he asked Santa for (with some prompting from his brothers) and he hopped on like a champ and acted as if he rode a bike right out of my womb. He is amazingly coordinated and so fun to watch.
That sleepy faced grin gets me every time. Ace got a BB Gun per Santa's tradition...Turn 6 and you're in the big boy club.
Kaelster asked for a whip and a lasso. Oddly, Santa must have bypassed the whip request and replaced it with a NY Yankees hat - but our little Horsepower was thrilled with his roping kit.
Kael is our little artist and this is the piece he gifted us. So amazing!
One of my most favorite things in the entire world is watching brothers gift to brothers. They know each other so well. They are SO sweet when they hug a big thank you beneath those long and gracious lashes. My heart....
Dax asked for a pocket knife. He got a fancy "Old Timer" and has been dutifully carrying it around in his front pocket ever since. I love how responsible and proud he is. It was handy to have an almost boy scout on the ready to cut through all the packaging that morning.
Daddy didn't even ask for a TV but he has been SUCH a good boy Santa treated him right. He is a lucky man to have all the best little buddies to watch football games with. :)
Christmas Hugs.... Santa left a scavenger hunt for all of us to follow and it led us out to the driveway where a brand new basketball standard was miraculously installed for our little ballers. There were hugs of glee and gratitude and little curious minds wondered aloud how on earth Santa could have pulled off such a feat.
And we all simply concluded - it was MAGIC.
Like everything else we had felt during the season.
Merriest Christmas, indeed.
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