For the past couple of years, we have gone to Gigi and Papa's house on Christmas Eve to eat, visit, and open gifts. This year we continued that tradition, and had a fantastic time. Olivia is at an age where she gets really excited about things, and she has been looking forward to Christmas since early November. So, she was super-excited about going to Gigi's house for Christmas Eve. After a delicious meal of spaghetti, it was time to open gifts. Owen was the first to open his gifts. He participated in the unwrapping to some degree, but was more interested in playing with the toys that were already unwrapped instead of opening the remaining gifts. Olivia, on the other hand, had no problem staying on-task. Not only did she excel at opening her own gifts, but she was also willing to lend a hand to everyone else in opening theirs (even when her help was not desired). Everyone received lots of wonderful things- but there was one gift that was really popular with the three girls. I think that Sam summed it up best with the following statement: "Everything was going fine until the Barbie car came out then all hell broke loose." Ava was the proud recipient of the Barbie car, but all three girls got a Barbie. Having three Barbies and only one car is apparently a recipe for disaster- who knew? Although many of the gifts were nice(including the Barbie car), I think that the true standouts were the suitcases (filled with goodies) that the kids got from Gigi and Papa. Gigi ordered them from the Disney store and we were all impressed by how cute and well-made they were. We left Gigi's house around nine and went home to get ready for Santa and for the fun day that lay ahead.
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Love the suitcases -- perfect for taking overnight trips to Gigi and Papa's house!
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