Michael came back in town the Thursday before Christmas and was planning on spending the time home Thur the first. I took off the whole week between Christmas and New Years so we spent the whole week as a family of four! It was AMAZING and went by too quick.
Christmas Eve I spent cleaning the whole house. I knew being off the following week I didn't want to spend time each day cleaning. Plus my parents were coming over Christmas morning to watch the boys open their gifts and eat breakfast.
The true meaning of CHRISTmas!!!
Christian had gifts for everyone that he bought a few weeks before at school during their Holiday Bazaar. He loves shopping there!! He does it by himself and picks out gifts for everyone. He does an amazing job picking out things for each person. He really puts a lot of thought in to each one. He had been begging to let us open our gifts on Christmas Eve. So that night we opened our gifts from him, and the boys opened their 1 gift. Which is always pj's for them to wear, but it's still a gift so I don't think the mind.
The boys tree, with all Christian's present he bought.
Michael got a new coffee mug, Colin got new silly bands that glow in the dark and I received a pretty butterfly. He said there is a clip on the back so I could put it anywhere. We all loved them!!
Daddy's gift.....
Colin and his silly bands....
My beautiful butterfly....
I think this will be the last year I try and get matching pj's. Christian is at the age where he is becoming so opinionated about what he wears so the days of mommy having him and Colin match are coming to a quick end!
Don't they look adorable?!?!?
A few of our decorations....
Our tree....
Colin's presents....
Christian's presents....
Christmas morning.....
We told the boys the night that they were not allowed to get up supper early. If they woke up and the sun was out they could get us up, otherwise stay in bed. I set my alarm for 6 to go a head and put breakfast in the oven to cook, with the thinking that they would wake up around 7. Michael got up at 8 and jumped in the shower, just as he got out the boys woke up and my parents were at the front door. I could not have asked for better timing. They were able to see the whole show!!
The boys ran in the living room and Christian jumped right in. Colin I think was still half a sleep and took him about 10 minutes or so to understand that it was OK to open presents, since I had spent the past few weeks telling him not to touch the presents. Once he started going there was no stopping him.
Christian loaded up on new Lego's. The Kingdom series, I think he got ever set made. He added a couple more DS games to his collection, new art supplies, movies, a new bible, and a few other things.
It was all about Playmobil for Colin. He got the school, a bus, a fire truck and garbage truck. Scooby-doo toys and movies, and a few games.
Each of them got there very own pillow pet, which they had been asking for.
Christian gave my parents their gifts. We kind of figured out the my dad would be receive a tie. He had been asking him for about a week or so if he wore ties to work. However we didn't realize it would be pale blue with white polka-dots, and Santa and played jingle bells!! My dad loved it, and wore it all morning. My mom got a porcelain stocking thing, and she used it that day to hold some snacks at their house. It worked perfect and Christian felt so good that they each loved their gift.
My parents left and headed to my sister's house to see what they all got. We laid around for a few hours playing. Michael and Christian put together about 1000 Lego's, and Colin and I put together his new school. Which by the way, if you ever buy anything Playmobil be prepared to spend a good amount of time reading directions and putting all 200 pieces together. Oh, and there is a tool in there to help you which I found after the thing had been put together and about tore up my fingers. Just saying.
We cleaned up and headed over to my parents for lunch and finish celebrating the day. The kids were wound up!! Lunch was great, as always, and then the kids enjoyed opening a few more gifts.
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