"Christmas Morning" Three Days Early

I know, two entries in one day- are you impressed, Jen? If you are looking for wedding pictures, check out the first entry I posted today (right after this one). After the wedding, we had an early Christmas morning so the three cousins could open the presents they had all carefully chosen for each other. They had been very good at ignoring the gifts underneath the tree, and actually spent the first half hour chasing each other down the hall. The two girls played down to the young man's level. He crawled, so they crawled. They really aren't unhappy here, just in their favourite corner in the hallway with all the closed doors.

This picture of the youngest young lady was taken a few days earlier. Reminded me so much of my own at that age. The hearth is just the right height for a rest (with a snack). Love the pjs.
Great grandma and Great Grandpa came for breakfast too, and had a perfect opportunity for a photo shoot with their three great grandchildren before the excitement began. The young ones don't look too thrilled, but this is a picture they will treasure in years to come.
Seems like yesterday that our three were the age of the little ones in the picture above. Here we all are, all three, monsieur, missy and petite, married and on their own, and grandma and grandpa enjoying every minute of the festivities and the fun.

The first little video gives you an idea of what the gift opening was like (still quite civilized actually). In the second one, you see that one grandchild has inherited grandpa's Christmas morning "cleanup" gene!

Thanks all for being here. This was our best Christmas yet, and it's not even here yet!