Reed Family Christmas 2012

On the 24th, we celebrated Christmas with the Reed's. This year, G.G. came a day early so Jonah (and we) got to have extra time with her. Those few extra hours made a world of difference and it felt like we got to spend some real time together because of it. I hope that becomes a new tradition :) We did have breakfast first thing that morning, but had to quickly move onto presents. Again...we do have a three year old, and he could read his name on the packages.

Here he is reading the letters J-O-N-A-H and realizing the present is for him.

 

It was a Very Thomas Christmas this year, and Jonah's face lit up every time he saw the face of that little train. And he saw it over and over again. After he got a Thomas book, he took a little break to have Daddy read it immediately.

 

 

Jonah also got Family season passes to Tweetsie Railroad (see past post for more on Tweetsie!) from Mimi, Pop Pop, Nana, Papa, and GG, for next summer. He has no idea what these pieces of paper symbolize, but he will be SO excited when summer comes!

When Jonah had to actually let another another person open a present, he came right along side them to help with the task.

 

 

Jonah got a Thomas bat and ball set, so after the presents were done Daddy and he headed outside to try them out. Jonah looks like he  has his mama's skills!!

 

 

 We tried to get a family photo to mark the day as a family. With a three year old. Just before naptime. This is what we got. (I actually kind of love them.)

 

 

After Christmas dinner, we took a drive to Cindy Lane to look at the Christmas lights. Jonah loved all the displays and kept asking to get out of the car. I'm thinking that next year we will be walking it, with hot cocoa in hand!