The day was full of freezing rain that turned to snow, which was fun if you're able to stay inside, but not so fun when you have to drive (and we were glad it stuck around so we could have a white Christmas!). Luckily, the 'rents made it to and from our house without incident. They came over in the afternoon so that my mom and I could do a puzzle while Sutton was napping. We were still working on it when he woke up, and then he wanted to help...so we got out his little Thomas puzzle instead.
With our finished puzzles.
Sutton found Papa Bruce's glasses and had to try them out.
Traditionally, we get together with my family on Christmas Eve and make a supper out of all of our favorite foods. We all get to choose a fun thing to make. This year, we kept it pretty small, and the ONE THING I wanted got voted out because we had "plenty of other stuff." Whatever. I'm just a little bitter. I'll just have to make my tuna mac 'n cheese another time. :) We had chips and guacamole, bacon-wrapped scallops, no-bake cookies, fruit kabobs and fruit dip, Hawaiian sandwiches, deviled eggs, and chicken and sweet potatoes. Then it was time for presents.
Papa made Sutton a really neat barn and they gave him a tub of plastic animals to put in it. I didn't get a good photo of that, but you can see the top of the barn in the bottom left corner of this photo.
My dad was like the dog whisperer that night...all the dogs kept flocking to him. Annie didn't leave his lap much.
My parents bought us the board game Blokus, so after the adults played a round, Sutton wanted to play his own game with it.
And Cooper needed to be included.
Daddy and Sutton played monster truck games on the iPad.
My dad acquired another dog.
They brought over our presents in a big Sutton-sized box that immediately became a rocket ship and got filled with pillows and toys so he could fly to the moon. That box has been a fave around here ever since.
...and the final dog took his place at my dad's feet.
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