A Low Key Christmas

We celebrated a very low key Christmas this year.  Something about baby sis/bro maybe coming sooner and being too far from home.  I can't believe baby sis/bro is putting a damper on our family tradition!

Usually Christmas is busy for our family.  We celebrate twice - once with Daddy's family on Christmas Eve and one more time with Mommy's family on Christmas Day.  Not this year. No trip to Sacramento to visit Daddy's family, eat yummy food (e.g. Auntie Doris' homemade blueberry pie), visit Santa or open presents.  Instead, Mommy's family came over for dinner on Christmas Eve.  Uncle Eddie's best friends - Uncle Peter, his girlfriend Auntie Mie and Uncle Albert - joined us for dinner.  I got to stay up late and eat things that I don't normally get to eat like pie, ice cream and whipped cream. 

But I had to wait til Christmas morning to open my presents.This year, I got the concept of presents and opening gifts.  I was pretty clueless last year.  It takes me a while to open my presents because I get distracted after I rip off the paper and see what's inside. Can you really blame me?

I opened the gifts from Po-Po, Uncle Eddie and Auntie Lia, and my friends on Christmas morning.  Grandma and Grandpa Tai were bringing the rest of my gifts today.  I got a TON of presents.  I love all of them - at least the ones that mommy and daddy let me play with now. Mommy and daddy ration my gifts throughout the year so it's like Christmas all year long! They think they're so smart, but I'm on to them. Merry Christmas and thanks everyone for all the gifts!