Smith Family Christmas 2012

If December 24th was Christmas for the Reed's, then that means that December 25th was Christmas for the Smith-Jacksons!! The two households do many things differently, but we look forward to all of the nuances that each home holds.

At the Smiths, the stockings get opened first, since Santa filled them and leaves them out on the couch for easy reaching. There is always a box of sugary cereal for each person, young and old. Jonah wasted no time in wanting to dig into his Lucky Charms. ("Mama, did you know this cereal has smarshmellows in it!")

Moments later, Cuz Noah got up and the boys compared their loot. Light up dolphin and whale toys, books, and pens with stamps! Santa also brought a special toy for each of them and their individual interests. An Angry Birds track for Noah and a new train, Rheneas, for Jonah. (Noah's love of Angry Birds has rubbed off on Jonah more than his love for trains has rubbed off on Noah, for sure!)

After breakfast we got into the task of opening the presents under the tree! We usually go from oldest to youngest, but with two 3-year-olds, we went youngest to oldest this year. (Thanks Pop Ro for giving up your spot!) Again, whenever it wasn't Jonah's turn to open a gift, he tried to be where the action was with someone else. Notice him hovering over Cuz Noah and over Auntie Bec.

Jonah got sweet gifts from his Texas cousins. All of them were train themed of course! He loved this wooden train that he got to decorate himself. He and Pop Ro spent quite a while painting and decorating it together. It was like 2 gifts in one!!

The two star gifts were by far Rusty and Owen. Jonah asked our elf Starry, to relay his request for Rusty the train to Santa, over and over again. Well, Santa came through (in the form of Cuz Noah, Auntie Bec and Uncle Kc)! He refers to Rusty as his favorite train an has not been without him since. Owen is a big incliner with a bunch of tracks beside. As soon as he was set up, we lost Jonah for the day.

After naps were had by many, we got a family picture before our traditional crab dinner. (Mmmm) I think the picture turned out pretty well, with two squirrelly little boys! ( I love that they are rockin fedoras, yet have bare feet.)