Christmas Day

We woke up Christmas morning to a [kind of] White Christmas. There were light snowflakes falling to the ground, a perfect backdrop as Lyla dug into her presents.

From Christmas 2010

She was really in the Christmas spirit...


We celebrated Christmas at the Winter Wonderland that is Bammie and Pa's house.



If I could sum up Lyla's Christmas, I would say all Lyla wants for Christmas is to eat Pirate's Booty in Bammie and Pa's basement. The girl was seriously obsessed with that basement. She sat at her new princess table and ate bowls and bowls of Pirate's booty.









We opened gifts in the basement (because a certain someone wouldn't leave the basement).








Sheila, Bob and Sue joined us for dinner. Sheila brought a delicious caviar torte and latkes that were practically gone before I could take a picture.







We had a great time with Laurie, Sean and the girls.  Dinner was delicious and Lyla actually sat in her chair the entire Christmas dinner, thanks to our new live-in nanny, the iPhone.








The fun continued late into the night because the girls slept over. Eating cheesecake and playing the "night night" game.





Finally, I cannot end this post without reminding myself that I had TWO slices of cheesecake that night...


Merry Christmas to me!