Christmas Day

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Santa made a stop at Lovie and Pops' house to leave a playhouse and play kitchen!  She really is a lucky girl to have a kitchen at each house.  
She tried out the playhouse first.  After all, Santa left her stocking in the chimney and her stuffed reindeer was hiding in there, too!
The play kitchen was quickly explored and much to all of our surprise this one talks.  It can tell what food is cooking on the stove and it knows when you are popping popcorn in the microwave.  It also reminds you to tidy up!
 A cleaning set was a sure hit with our little domestic diva!  She immediately got down to sweeping and mopping for them.
 Opening gifts is a bit of a sport for our family and after about an hour we realized Sarah Graves was worn out.  She headed up for a nap and we continued to open gifts.  Lovie and Pops got a kick out of both buying a popcorn popper for the other!  They say you should always buy a gift that you want to receive!
 After a long nap Sarah Graves was ready for more action and delighted to see a stack of presents waiting to be opened.  We had all finished, so she didn't have  to wait her turn!  Boo Boo (a.k.a. Aunt Linda) sent her some gifts and one was this sweatshirt from Cape Cod.  The other one night pictured here is an accessory for the play-dough!  SG can't wait to get back to Lovie and Pops' house to try it out.
 Aunt Nay helped her with the unwrapping of some of her gifts. 

 
Lovie and Pops gave her this desk for doing her artwork.  I thought the funniest part was that she immediately put her feet in the storage bins as though they were footrests!  
 Pops put on his Santa hat for her to see.
 Then, she had to try it out. 
Then, Aunt Nay had to try it out!

We had a really wonderful Christmas and are so grateful to have a wonderful family.  Seeing Sarah Graves at Christmas really does remind me of how magical Ho Ho Hos! and man man are. 
As I posted these pictures I realize that there are a number of gifts she has received that I didn't get any photos of yet.  I will try to get some of her with those toys and post those soon. 

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