It was an exciting Christmas season for the three of us, full of great gifts, fun times with family and wonderful get-togethers with old friends.
The fun actually kicked off a week before Christmas, when we headed to South Bend for Fahey Christmas, the gathering of everyone on James’ mom’s side. Between beer pong and a boisterous gift exchange, Mathias got to tickle the ivories a bit in the back addition.
Next up was our Chicago Christmas, which actually took place on Thursday. Among other gifts, Mathias made off with a truck and a set of old-fashioned blocks.
He likes them both, although he likes the blocks best when he’s knocking them to the ground after we build them up! (In the video above, he’s reading some of the letters, though.)
On Saturday, we celebrated with James’ mom, stoking the fire, playing plenty of board games and watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” with Mathias. (“Charlie Brown Christmas” had gone missing. It later returned, but not before we bought another copy!)
Here’s the family enjoying the fun.
And here’s a video of the family enjoying the fun of the Elmo drum set grandma got for Mathias! (James seems to be enjoying it more than anyone.)
Finally, after starting Sunday at grandma’s, we headed to James’ dad and Gail’s house, where we celebrated with the extended family. There Mathias stretched like a monkey (with Lori and Aunt Sherri)…
Goofed over Christmas dinner with cousin Aubrey…
And posed with mama and Uncle Nathan!
We hope your Christmas (or holidays) were just as fun—and just as filled with love. We leave you with a video of the annual Christmas concert, which was enlivened with plenty of percussion this year. (We should have brought Mathias’ drum kit over to top it off!)
