Christmas with Christine’s family is a multi-day affair (and this was even before my Hanukkah-influenced “8 Crazy Nights” came into the picture ;). Christmas Eve is spent at Aunty Cindy’s house where Santa comes to visit and Grandma Gail coordinates a bunch of family games. Christmas Day is a big luncheon with the families of Christine’s grandmother and her 9 siblings (that adds up to A LOT of cousins!) And then on the 26th we return to Kauai and open up all the presents under Grandma and Papa’s tree.
The girls are ready to rock Christmas...
Waiting for Santa - as we'll soon see, not sure Maile fully understood what they were looking for - she was just following her cousins...
WHAT THE ...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Santa, I've got my eyes on you. No fast moves!
This is the best smile you are going to get out of me. (Dad note: Maile did great this year - she was nervous, but no tears!)
For me?!? So I make nice with Santa, take a few pictures, and I get a present? Now, I understand!
On Christmas Day, with the girls all dressed up, we decided to take some pictures…
Christmas Day family picture with Uncle Steve, Katie and Emily (Aunty Nao isn't arriving until the 29th)
Grandma Gail and Papa Cal with the girls
On the 26th, we headed home to Kauai to a mountain of presents waiting under the tree for all the girls. They had a blast opening everything!
I wonder what this one is...
SO AWESOME! I got a real doctor's kit!
One of Maile’s favorite presents is the doctor’s kit that Grandma Gail and Grandpa Cal got her. Mommy and I have had oh, about a dozen check ups each in the past couple of days. 2012 is going to be a super healthy year for us with Dr. Maile keeping tabs on us.
