Christmas Eve turned out to be everything I'd hoped for - and more. The boys were incredibly excited to be celebrating with their cousins, and we were equally thrilled to be enjoying the evening with my parents and all my siblings and in-laws for the first time in many, many years. It was also a special treat to celebrate baby Emil's first ever Christmas with him.
• Highlights included my eldest nephew Joakim managing to hog 4 of the 11 almonds. Even though I ate an obscene serving of the dreaded rice cream, I still ended up with zero almonds. Thanks Joakim for sharing your bounty! Prizes this year were marzipan figures for the boys (which none of them likes - all the more for me and my ever expanding waistband), and brain teasers for the adults. Love these!
• Two of the largest prezzies under the tree were awesome snow racers for my boys from my sister and family. Check out the grins!
• My parents gave the boys new sports outfits from the local sports association, complete with name. The boys were beyond excited.
• Our present to my two eldest nephews was a trip on the Color Magic to Kiel, similar to the one we went on last November just with our boys. The kids are thrilled about the upcoming voyage, and have been talking about it continuously ever since.
• Baby Emil slept for almost 6 hours on Christmas Eve (so much for celebrating), despite a rather high commotion factor. We are now starting to think that he may thrive on more not less noise.
Happy baby after nice long nap
The very next day, the family gathered once again for a traditional Christmas Day lunch. This is the day where all we do is eat, eat, eat, following a Danish luncheon format (courtesy of my Danish mother).
We started our luncheon at 3:30 pm, and didn't end until after 1:30 am, including a couple of hours of impromptu karaoke in the basement, much to the chagrin of our children.
Hey, even the tone deaf have a right to work off all that food, right?!
13 comments:
what a lovely day - you can see the joy from all the way over here.
Looks like you had a wonderful time! I love the pic of the boys in the red suits...fabby! :)
I'm having so much much fun reading blogs and seeing how other people celebrate Christmas. It looks like you had fun.
Sounds like a fabulous day of family and celebration! :) Glad that it was all you hoped for and more.
I'm glad your Christmas rocked! Nothing says "party" like two tables pushed together in the classic "L" formation ;)
You northern Europeans really know how to party.
It looks so happy and wonderful! Love all the photos---what a beautiful family. :)
Julie
Using My Words
That baby is delicious!
It looks like so much fun. I love the matching outfits for the cousins!
Your boys and baby Emil are very cute. But what did you sing in the karaoke? Madonna? Nirvana? Shirley Bassey?
Sounds like a great time.
Now this is what I'm talkin' about, Heidi! What a wonderful Christmas you had, and I love, love, love the pix. All of the boys in their personalized jerseys made me smile, as did little Emil after his nap--just wanna smooch on those cute rosey little baby cheeks! Thanks for sharing--just LOVELY.
Oh, I've missed you! Your holiday looks and sounds wonderful! Merry Christmas, indeed!
Loved the shot of the kiddos in the red jackets. And those pink baby cheeks! =)
Happy New Year, Heidi. I've enjoyed getting to know you the last several months. Thank you for being a great friend over a great distance. Here's to 2008 and more of the same!
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