Christmas Part II: Us

That is the house just before I went inside after arrive home from Uncle John's.  Not super Christmas-y, but pretty good.  Even the accursed solar powered lights are all on.  As we went to sleep that night it was a feeling of supreme contentment, the whole body version of a full belly after a good meal.

The next morning we woke up and took our customary Christmas picture.  Here was take one:

Isaac looked a little scared so we did a take two:

And yes, that is Isaac's "Hey ladies..." look.

The morning proceeded with a slow pace I was kind of shocked by.  Isaac would open one present and want to play with it, while I was chomping at the bit for him to get to the next paper wrapped gem.

He got a lot of good stuff, a Bruder Road Max Backhoe, a Green Toys Firetruck, and of course a Hess Truck from Santa.  His favorite gift, however, was probably his stuffed animal Yoda.  Here he is getting the Yoda, which was a total surprise to him:

The story behind Yoda is pretty endearing.  We were all at Barnes and Noble and Isaac saw Yoda.  He carried him around for a while.  When we decided to leave, we explained that if he were good maybe, just maybe Santa would hook him up with a Yoda.  Lo and behold, the Big Guy was paying attention.

Three funny things: 1) Isaac always asked before each present was open: "What's in there?"; 2) Isaac also wouldn't open a present until every shred of paper was removed from the box; and 3) Isaac would usually follow up on a present with: "Oh...My...Goodness...."  Really funny.

Up next Christmas Part III: Nanna P-Pa.