Christmas

Elyse was the first one up on Christmas morning (surprisingly is was not Anastasia) and came into our to wake us up. We opened stockings as we waited for Grammy and Gramps to get up.

Sheer delight:

Once Anastasia was up we finished opening stocking and started in on the presents.

Elyse got this doll from Grammy and Gramps. She is from India.

The aftermath:

Christmas morning was wonderful. We took our time, had breakfast, and talked to people via skype in between opening presents. Elyse was very patient throughout the morning when we kept telling her we could play with some of her things later (likes paints etc.). She would even wait to open presents as we ate or watched others open their presents. I'm glad we didn't have some where to hurry off to so it could be a relaxing day.

After we were done opening gifts, Elyse got dressed in her new clothes and headed out to ride her new trike:

As dinner time approached we headed out to have some Chinese food. Toby's family usually eats Chinese food on Christmas Eve so this was our way of keeping the tradition alive. It was great.

After dinner we headed outside to catch the train. It was POURING out. Luckily the mall is attached to the MRT station, but when we got out on our stop we braved the rain. We were all soaked by the time we got home except for Elyse who probably got the most coverage under Daddy's umbrella. A Christmas "blizzard" here in Singapore ;)

We had a great Christmas.