Christmas

For the last Christmas in Grandpa and Grammy's houses, we drove down on the 23rd. In the morning on Christmas Eve we decorated Grandpa's tree. Fi tried on the Santa's helper hat.

 We had lunch at a brewery (big surprise).

 Then it was back to Grammy's for cookie decorating.

 Uncle Louis and Ariel showed up and Fiona monopolized their time playing with her two fake phones and making calls to them. 

 Lily did some chilling out with her freshly mended quilt (that used to be mine!) on the couch with Grandpa.

 James manned the BBQ in the cold and rain. 

The next morning the girls awoke to find that Santa left them a large dollhouse. I guess Santa didn't realize how small our house is!

 Gifts from Grandma Donna came next. Lip gloss was a huge hit for Fiona.

 Lily was excited by the cash :)

 My cute girls in their pj's...

 and then in their fancy clothes.

 A family photo all dressed up in our finery.

 Santa's helper. It always falls to the youngest to distribute gifts. That used to fall to Lou, but now that Lily can read its all up to her.

 Here are the helpers helping each other.

 Fi and Colton got a phone and hid under the piano to play a game.

 My phone got kidnapped for some selfies with Aunt Natalie and Fiona, both with Christmas ribbon in their hair.

 It degraded into face making. Cuties.

 I decided I wanted a shot of the girls with their Uncle. Both girls are sporting new clothes they got for Christmas and just had to change into.

 More selfies, this time with Lily and Gooey.

 And then Lily and Uncle Stephen.

 Grandpa was overwhelmed by the excitement of dinner and he fell asleep at the table.

 Fiona and Ariel got into some dino building after dinner.

 James with a handful of girls.

 I got them all in for a cute shot in my old bedroom before the cousins were off for the  night.

 Lily and Fiona had some sister time at the end of the night before heading off to bed.

 You can tell they had a late night. Fiona fell asleep in the car on the way home the next morning while watching Little Mermaid on the computer.