The holidays are pretty crazy around here...not only do we have R's birthday, but we also celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas. Try planning presents for 3 events within a two week period. It's not easy. I can't even imagine what I'm going to do as he gets older and starts to understand presents! But all the rest of the festivities are fun and R has loved spending time all together!
For Hanukkah (R's first!) we celebrated the first night with my family. R helped light the menorah at Grandma's house. We made sure to light our electric menorah at home every night too. Growing up my parents did 8 nights of presents (1 bigger gift the first night and then smaller gifts) and I wanted to continue that tradition. At least he can be happy with a $2 item at this age haha! R got to eat his first latkes and had matzoh ball soup for the second time. He eats pretty much anything and was happy with these. It's so nice to be able to share these traditions with him.
For Christmas (his second since his birthday is the 23rd!), we were with my inlaws and R had fun being spoiled some more. He's enjoying time with his cousin more and more and spent part of Christmas morning chasing after him until he could catch his toys. It's fun to see them playing together. By Christmas, R had a little more experience with unwrapping presents so he actually tried to rip some of the paper. He got to indulge in the Italian side by having some meatballs, too!
It was fun to see R enjoy himself throughout the holiday season. I'm excited to see how different he is next year!
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