After a long winter's nap, the girls were back in action and ready to take on the pile of presents that was still lurking under our Christmas tree -- some of which was left over from the morning, some of which made the trip from Connecticut with Andy's parents.
Morgan's first discovery in Round #2 was a Leapfrog Tag reading system. As soon as Mom downloaded a couple books onto the reader, we knew she was going to love "reading" Princess books on her own, and playing games.
Aimee, Russ, Henry and Alex arrived in the afternoon, and Round #4 of presents was underway! Gwen unwrapped a Dora guitar then entertained everyone with her dance moves.
We kept it pretty casual for dinner this year: appetizers, appetizers, and more appetizers. For dessert, Morgan sunk her teeth into one of her Christmas favorites: Caterpillar cake made by our friend (and avid Saucier Than Ever reader) Ruth. Yum!
After dinner, the girls finally got around to opening their "big" gifts from Mayie and P-Pa: beautiful wooden cradles for their baby dolls.
After putting their babies to bed, Morgan and Gwen had a little time left over to play before it was time for us to put our babies to bed.
Another exciting Christmas Day was over. But even after all this, there were still more presents to open. So our Christmas festivities had to go into sudden death overtime on period on Monday morning.
The girls opened up a bunch of new clothes from Mayie and P-Pa. Gwen unwrapped a new "Smelly Ellie" elephant, which -- like her older elephants -- she promptly crammed in her mouth (hence, the name "Smelly" Ellie).
Finally, the girls unwrapped their last gift (a light that looks like a fish tank -- which immediately became the centerpiece of their table). Christmas 2011 was officially over.
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