Traditionally, we begin celebrating Christmas on December 24 with Greg's side of the family. Santa stopped by before we arrived and left a few things for Joey before traveling to other parts of the world to make deliveries. Chief on Joey's list at Grandma Carole's was a Nintendo DS which he (and Quentin, Greg, and Matt) happily played with for a while. Since Joey had been bursting at the seams with excitement all day, "a while" wasn't quite long enough, but we still had to eat before opening more gifts. It was pretty cute when he went to the kitchen and asked, "How can I help to speed this up?" and then took a dishcloth to wipe down the counters. Joey enjoyed playing Santa and passing out presents almost as much as he enjoyed opening his own presents, maybe even as much. He very proudly gave me the beads and Greg the dog that he had formed in clay with Aunt Nancy.
When we arrived home, Joey was very tired and ready for bed, but not too tired to remember to put out Santa's cookies and 9 carrots for the reindeer. He also didn't want to miss his reading time so we read The Christmas Story followed by Clement C. Moore's The Night Before Christmas. Not long after, Joey was zonked out. He will definitely be ready for tomorrow.
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