Christmas Eve 2008

The day started with Joshua opening his stocking in the morning (as to spread things out over two days). He was thrilled to find some chocolate, two cars (one with a trailer and tractor), two puzzles and lots of new underwear (yes underwear is exciting at 3 1/2 years old, especially when it has tractors, trucks and race cars all over it). Most of the afternoon Dave and I spent at my dad's condo preparing the big Christmas Eve dinner that is a Gronsman family tradition. The evening then consisted of our delicious food (salad with cranberry goat cheese and crostinies, citrus marinaded pork tenderloin, fennel potato au gratin, and herb beans) and opening presents. Joshua was thrilled to get a new power tools workbench and cars bath soap from Papa, the Playmobil motor home from Uncle Dave and a new book about cars and trucks from Uncle Phil and Ciejae! Besides opening his own presents Joshua felt compelled to help everyone else open theirs! He especially liked giving Papa the special mug he painted at Naked Plates. Joshua had picked out a mug with a cat face on it and specifically painted it to look like a stuffed cat my dad has at his house named Cameo. We had a wonderful evening together! (Again, the video below may only be of interest to those who attended)

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