Christmas came early!

Of course, we planned it that way. We are traveling on Christmas Eve to see Theo's Suffolk family so we decided to do our own Christmas here on Friday. We made Thursday Christmas Eve, and it actually really felt like the real deal. On Christmas Eve, we had a yummy dinner and then bundled up for a walk around the neighborhood to look at the lights. While we were gone, elves broke in and left us all matching Christmas pjs. We had some doughnuts (I even let Theo have a bite!), scribed a letter to Santa, gave Theo a bath and read The Night Before Christmas. After he was tucked in, Susan and I had some hot chocolate by the fire and watching his whole first year of home movies which she just got onto a DVD. Then we took care of Santa's work and headed to bed.

Theo got up and toddled out to his gifts chattering all the way. He LOVED his Santa gift and the stuff from us. The dogs got a little something too. Susan and I had fun watching Theo play with all his new toys. We spent most of the day playing and then I made a Christmas dinner of ham, scalloped potatoes and roasted brussel sprouts. Roasted brussels are the best thing ever and my new favorite way to eat them. SO good. Susan then had to brave the ice and go into work while Theo and I did our regular evening routine.

It was a really nice celebration and I'm glad we did things our way. Here's a picture of the tree on "Christmas" morning. I know it looks scant, but we only do 3 things for Theo for Christmas to try and keep the commercialism out of it and Susan and I decided just to take care of him this year. It was more than enough, though!

Oh, and the activity cube is from One Step Ahead, since a few folks asked.

Merry Christmas!