Have yourself a Parrish Little Christmas

In front of St. Paul's they built a real manger and after this picture was taken Adeline sat herself in the creche

The Christmas break started with gingerbread houses and good friends

Reindeer food extravaganza at the playground, Miminette flew in and was immediately put to work

Kate, Angela( expecting Baby #5- a girl), Jackie and Dominique

Santa was here- on the wish list this year - Emma wanted a scooter, Reece wanted Devastator the transformer and Adeline the Princess castle- as you can see, Santa was good this year

Stocking goodies- doesn't the face say it all?

This is Adeline waking up and coming determined for some serious present opening into the living room

Let the madness begin- this year the present opening was broken down into three categories

Emma- knew the fun would end eventually so let the present opening linger

Adeline- opened one present, wanted it out of the box, play with it for an hour, then move on to something else

Reece- open everything as fast as you can, then look around with feverish eyes for anything else to open, realize that nothing else exists with your name on it, look with disappointment at what you have opened- resign yourself to play with the crap you got while believing your sisters have both gotten better and more toys than you

Mimi will you please open this toy that will take 5 minutes of untwisting little wires, 10 minutes of plastic ripping, a few minutes of cursing under your breath, and 5 seconds to realize it required batteries that we don't have- Merry Christmas Mimi

Reece and Emma smile for a Christmas morning picture, please. Reece, please smile. Reece just one picture, please. OK fine, I'll take your scooter away IF you don't smile just once..........

Thank you for the creepiest most serial killer resembling Christmas smile ever! Merry Christmas 2009 Everyone