Family Christmas

We're celebrating Christmas early with my sister Beth's family.  The kids have such a good time playing together.  When they aren't running in circles pretending to be race cars, they enjoyed making and decorating cookies...

 

wrestling with Logan (a second cousin)...

Julia loves Mimi's nativity and sits and plays with it for hours...

 

Pappy treated us all to our annual lobster feast- yum!

 

And what do the kids eat on lobster night? Pizza of course!

 

Anderson is so sweet opening his gifts.  He cheers- "Let's open my presents. ", "I love this!", and does a little happy dance after each one.

It's such a treat for the kids to spend time with their great-grandparents and extended family...

Carter is enjoying an early gift from Grandpa.  He saved his flight helmet to give to him.  Needless to say he was thrilled and wears it around the clock.

Grandpa also saved a set of ribbons that Carter wears on his uniform. (Here he is cracking open peanuts with Mimi's Marine nutcracker...)

Carter wanted to know what each one represented, so time for a history lesson.  Grandpa pulled out the atlas and went through all the major military campaigns of his career.

Julia doesn't miss a beat and wants in on the action, too.  She'll be inheriting his cammies when Carter gets a new set for Christmas.