Christmas 2011

This year was of course the first year that Santa Claus visited our house.  I think he did quite a good job despite his rookie status.

(Not a creature was stirring, not even a schnauzer.)

We started the tradition of having Finn wait at the top of the stairs on Christmas morning before coming down to see his presents.  (Too bad this picture is really cute of him because I could really do without it of me.)

Santa brought Finn a personalized chair, a set of plush tools, an old-fashioned tin ABC toy, and a wooden pull toy.  There was a bit of debate, as apparently Santa wrapped presents in my husband's house growing up (the horror!).  You can see whose Santa won ;)

The drill has a pull cord that makes it "work".  Finn's mom may or may not find this cooler than he does.

Best toy ever = the remote control.

We had some gifts at our house with my dad, step-mom, and sister before breakfast.  Then we headed over to my in-laws for round 2. (Sporting my new boots which hubs picked out all by himself!)

Finn made out like a bandit there as well.  I think we're all set for clothes and toys for him for a good long while... I actually took about half of the toys and put them away in an attempt to not overwhelm him all at once and spread out the fun a bit.  We called it a day pretty early on Christmas as we were leaving bright and early the next morning for a much sunnier location :)