Christmas Eve & Christmas Morning

It is our 5th Christmas since we got married and the 1st one
that we spent on our own. We had a delicious Christmas
diner that we all made together. This was definitely a
special Christmas in which we got to set some family
traditions and try to teach our daughters the real meaning
of Christmas. For obvious reasons Julienne really didn't get
it, but I think Catalina did. We taught her what happened
on Christmas and we even played a little bit with our
nativity set. At the end we told her that Santa is a good
old man that gives presents to the children on Christmas
to remember the birth of Christ and the presents he got
when he was born. We also sang Christmas carols and
repeated like 10 times Catalina's favorite one "Deck
the Halls" before going to bed.

On Christmas Morning we all woke up after Catalina and she
was very surprised when she saw all the presents around
our Christmas tree. We were amazed when right after she
saw the presents she turned to me and told me "I want
cereal con leche", and didn't care about opening anything
until she finished her breakfast. Opening presents is always
fun. Catalina was so careful in opening them, she really didn't
want to tear the paper off, and Jules enjoyed putting
everything in to her mouth. At the
end I think they learned that "Grandma is better that Santa".
And I hope to keep it that way so they may truly understand
that it is not all about presents. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa
for all the great presents!