Here’s a bunch of pictures from Christmas Day!

Eileen and Vanquer:

Christmas balloons from Papa:

Thanks to Aunt Emily for the Christmas bandanas

And to Mama Kelci for the cool light-up toys! They were probably the favorite thing the kids got in their stockings

The girls were feeling well enough to enjoy their stockings and we waited till around noon to do it so they could perk up a bit, after a night of throwing up and high fevers. Thankfully the medicine was already working and they were doing much better. Molly, Eileen, Aravis and their cousin Vanquer all had a fun time digging into their stockings.

Salem didn’t know it but she got a cute stuffed animal hippo. (I have a tradition of giving the girls their “special stuffed animal” for their first Christmas." Aravis hugged the doll she got as soon as she saw it and started patting it on the back, it was very cute!

Some neighbor kids came over and we fed them breakfast and told them the Christmas story using the nativity scene to act it out.

Later in the day we had a large meal together, with another guest joining us, and then one of Orcxance’s friends (and coworker) brought his five children over in the evening and I led them in some entertaining games and then showed them the nativity scene and fed them snacks (leftovers from our big meal.)

Group kids picture:

The Christmas feast:

Papa Ali (Orcxance’s closest friend here) with the girls:

Our family photos:

And some individual Christmas pictures of my beautiful girls: