After stockings were opened, we had a simple breakfast of homemade cinnamon rolls or cinnamon-raisin rolls that I made on Christmas Eve.
The cinnamon rolls are made from a recipe that was created my mom's mother who was a baker. Thankfully, one day she agreed to measure the ingredients for her rolls. I wrote the recipe down as she made the rolls. It is a recipe that we've enjoyed many years now.
After breakfast, the girls checked out again the table where they left the letters to Santa. This year was particularly interesting for them because Sophia had a tooth pulled this week, and she put her tooth out for the tooth fairy right next to the plate of cookies and water for Santa. Clearly, the tooth fairy and Santa had fun seeing each other because the table was covered with confetti and fairy dust:
The aftermath of Santa's and the Tooth Fairy's party.
The girls each opened one present from Santa before heading to my mom and dad's home where we celebrated with my family. This is my mom and dad at Christmas dinner:
We came back home in the afternoon, rested a bit, had a light dinner, and then opened presents under the Christmas tree.
Sophia taking a break from opening gifts.
There was lots of laughter and happiness today. Hearing "This has been the best Christmas ever!" made me very happy. I think doing daily activities leading up to Christmas helped make this year extra special, and create lasting memories for us all.
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