Christmas Day

On Christmas Day, our camera broke and our garage door broke, but other than that we had a great time! We started out by meeting up with Nana and Grandpa Cermak and Auntie Clare at IHOP. This was the twins FIRST ever trip to a restaurant! We timed it so they weren't due for a nap or a feeding, and they did REALLY well.

Don't they look ready to give the waitress their order? "Two plates of Mickey Mouse pancakes, please, with extra whipped cream!"


They got tired of sitting in their high chairs, and tried to grab everything on the table, but that is just typical 14-month-old behavior. Here are Clare, Grandpa, & Evie:


Grandpa entertained Evie by making pyramids out of the coffee creamers; she loved knocking them down!


Gavin wiggled around a lot in my lap. Nana and I were constantly moving things out of his reach:

Back at our house, we started opening gifts. The twins each got a new cell phone - yes, this is their third set of phones this year, but the twins are very tech-savvy and they must have the newest products! What will they be like when they're teenagers?!

Gavin is pleased that he has a signal in all rooms of the house:


Three generations: Gavin, Francis, and Grandpa with one of Grandpa's gifts - an Elvis record and custom CD Francis made for him:

Evie decided that Grandpa didn't need all of his hair. "You know, if you used some volumizer Grandpa..."

Clare and Nana open our gift for them: a "2009 Legendary Twins" calendar. We've been working on it all year!

Here is the big hit of the day: the Fisher Price Learning Home, from Auntie Clare.

It kept the twins and Grandpa amused for hours!


Francis saw a deal on a Walk-n-Ride toy on Amazon, so he bought a second one. I had started keeping the first one in the basement because it just caused a lot of tears. Gavin would take it away from Evie or else try to run her over with it. I am not sure if a second one will work out, but I am willing to give it a try. Somehow I predict a lot of car "crashes."

Here, the kids are very interested in helping to put it together:

Evie plays with another new toy that has pop-up animals Grandpa and Nana picked up for them. Nana said that Francis loved playing with nearly the exact same toy when he was a baby too:

It was a great Christmas, and we cannot wait until next year when the twins will start to understand Santa and we can start teaching them Christmas traditions!