Sadhbh's first Christmas!!

Christmas 2011 was Sadhbh's first Christmas. Tadhg knows what Christmas is all about now and was humming with excitement when he left the oats and carrots out on Christmas Eve for Santa's reindeer and the milk and cookies for Santa himself. Sadhbh picked up on some of the excitement. Tadhg was the first to wake up on Christmas morning and initially forgot what day it was. After dad reminded him of the special day, Tadhg ran downstairs to see if Santa had arrived. Santa had arrived and the tree was surrounded with presents! Tadhg was dying to open his presents so dad let him pick one to open before mom and Sadhbh came down. It was the T-rex dino rider that Tadhg had asked for.

Tadhg managed to get some breakfast into him before mom and Sadhbh came down to see what all the commotion was about. Tadhg then took out all the presents and opened them including Sadhbh's, mom's and dad's as well as his own. Sadhbh was a bit overwhelmed by everything but seemed to enjoy her gifts from Santa. Tadhg had bought and wrapped special presents for mom, dad and himself all on his own so mom and dad didn't know what they were. Mom opened her present to find a beautiful glass heart container while dad opened his to discover a wooden crucifix. Mom and dad will always treasure these presents.

After getting through all of the presents and eating some breakfast, dad brought Tadhg to the local church for  Christmas mass. Afterwards, everyone got dressed up in their Christmas best for the trip to Auntie Kay's for Christmas dinner. Tadhg and Sadhbh enjoyed spending the day with their Canadian family and opening more presents. After a busy and exciting day for everyone and a special first Christmas for Sadhbh, everyone was happy to get home to bed and rest.