Jack opens his first Christmas present...or as we lilke to call it: THE BIG REVEAL!

We had our family Christmas on Christmas Eve. We thought we were being pragmatic and sensible about not overwhelming him with gifts. Thank the Lord, Jeff's mom doesn't believe in pragmatism when it comes to her grandchildren! The tree was inundated with beautiful gifts in amazing wrappings - a Ruth specialty.

To ease into the process, we brought Jack into the Christmas Tree (his pronunciation is something akin to "Xshixshimus Tree"). We decided to start with a wonderful gift from Tom and Ernesto, which was in a large bag (at least 2/3ds the height of Jack).

Note the strong concentration.

Deciding that the vertical route was too difficult, he improvised and turned the bag on its side. He is still not sure about what's in there, but he's going in.

I was especially happy to see the Tongue of Concentration, which he carries by affinity from both the Dygerts and the Seiferts.

Voila! The Dragon Pirate Boat. Thank you Tom and Ernesto for a wonderfully fun and consuming toy.

It was so consuming we didn't open another gift for 20 minutes. I was a little antsy. Jeff reminded me that this was a good trait to instill in our son - to love the moment and experience what he has rather than tearing through the pile to see what's next, next, next.

Merry Christmas all.