This new garden friend is very heavy, but Ivan is so strong he can pick him up with ease. He’s demonstrating here.

Ivan and Ezri loved opening presents and helping each other open presents. Ezri could read all the tags and Ivan started asking her who the presents were for.

Ezri and Ivan agree that bacon is great.
Does this pancake make me look like Santa?

There are lots of new things, but the best parts of the day were playing together (sometimes with the new things and sometimes without). We invented a new backyard soccer game thanks to warm weather. We took Ezri’s new Elsa doll out to see the holiday lights on an evening stroll. Elsa glitters beautifully in the street lamps. We had a long skype with grandparents in Montana who showed us their snow. Ezri let Ivan ride her like a pony down the hall. We snuggled for stories all together and the futon. We played on the swings at the park until Ivan forgot to hang on and fell. The kids played together on the rug while parents put together a tasty brunch.