Gompers Growing Up

I was looking forward to Christmas this year for one reason; to see how Beth was going to respond.  She did not disapoint.  When we got her up in the morning, we had to show her that there was new things in the living room for her.  She found her new blocks first, which surprised Dan and I both.  It took about 10 minutes before she even saw the kitchen that was sitting there for her, but once she did, we could not get her away from it to eat breakfast.  She had such a good time playing.  After breakfast we went out to the living room and Daddy started to bring the wrapped gifts over to be opened.  She thought it was the neatest thing to be able to tear the paper off the boxes.  Every last piece of paper and tape had to be removed before she would move on to anything else and if she did not have a box, she was there to help Mommy or Daddy open theirs.  Here are a couple more pictures of gift opening.

Sometimes the simplest toys can be the most fun.  She got a set of little tops from her cousin Allison and kept wanting Mommy to spin them.  I wish we had different flooring so they could have had a better surface to spin on.

There was so much to do and so many costume changes that she wore herself right out

and had to take a break from the action.