Back home in Katy, it was time for our Courtright family Christmas celebration. We usually have to wait a day or two for Collin and Kevin to join us, but this year, Collin wasn't going to be able to visit until the following week. We ended up celebrating our family Christmas with Kevin and then held a mini-celebration with Collin when he arrived in town.
First up, we all opened our stockings to see what goodies were all crammed inside, all while enjoying pigs in a blanket (a.k.a. piggies) and awesome rolls for breakfast. This is usually our favorite part of Christmas! Jeff was still laid up with limited mobility, so he had his stocking delivered to the ottoman across the room, ha!
After stockings were opened, we moved on to the wrapped gift portion of our Christmas. Last year, I started a new tradition of numbering the gifts instead of writing the recipients name on them. Then, I ask the kids and Jeff to figure out which gifts go to which person. It sounds confusing, but there is a number pattern to the gifting and they have to work together to figure it out. Last year it took them a few minutes, but this year, well they were quite stumped. They walked around, held and shook the packages, and brainstormed various formulas for quite a while. In the end, it was one particular gift box that held the key to the entire puzzle. Connor figured out which gift was his based on the box size, and then Kevin put together the formula to solve the number sequence. It was great teamwork and really fun for ME to watch them struggle through it! It might just be my new favorite Christmas tradition!
We all found ourselves on the Nice list for another wonderful Christmas! A week later, Collin was able to visit and we all watched him open his stocking and gifts by himself. Merry Christmas to all!
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