New Years resolution - stop hotlinking from facebook and get a picture program going. I don't always like to put up as many photos on facebook that I might put here, since that's a place to share with friends and this spot is reserved for my boys to read when they are older.
Anywho... Christmas morning was full of amazement. It started with day three of me being off work, but not being able to sleep past 6AM. What is up with that? I feel so old. Long ago are the days when I could sleep until 10 or so in the morning.
Amazement continued when Aden didn't wake up until 9AM (no, you read that right), and I had to wake Ethan up 15 minutes later. Believe me, these boys were flat tired out from the excitement from Christmas Eve and there was no rousing them.
Aden got to open one present before Ethan woke up, and it turned out to be this game that he used to play at his old school (the one with no curriculum, just games all day). He loves this game!
We had also left cookies and milk out, and Aden noticed that they were gone and Santa had left a thank you note. He was so excited about that.
Ethan has been so fun this year. He fully appreciates every present he gets and ooohs and aahhhs over it all. He does have his favorites, like the set of three nerf balls that Aunt Lindsey gave him (I forgot my camera on Christmas Eve, silly me), but even the smallest of gifts will get a clap or an "oooh" out of him. It makes you feel so good about getting people things when they appreciate it like that. The boys have made hauls this year! Remote control cars/trains, stuffed animals, games, balls, toys galore. But if you ask Aden what the day is about, he will tell you it's Jesus' birthday.
Ethan got a bike for Christmas. He loves it (and so does Aden). I love that adults can steer it. Can't wait for the next warm day so we can take it for a spin. With the weather these days, that should be sometime next week.
One thing that Ethan has always loved are tents and forts. He has a blast getting inside his own area and camping out or hiding. So of course this pop up tent was a huge hit.
And I wish this picture hadn't come out blurry because it's adorable. Aden got a Paper Jamz guitar for Christmas and here's Ethan striking a real Rock Star pose:
The tent is even fun sideways! Jeff and Marilyn sent a big box of toys for all the kids this year and one of the goodies Ethan got is this little blue penguin pillow pet. Aden got a purple unicorn pillow pet from Gigi. These boys love their pillow pets!
But the REAL hit of the day was Aden's DS. He has spent the entire day mastering Indiana Jones.
Pictures to come later, but after a few hours, we headed over to John's for a quick visit. Adam and I weren't thinking and we headed out without packing a lunch thinking we could grab something on the way. Wrong. The only thing open for lunch was Denny's, so we grabbed some to-go food from there and took it to John's house. That's where the boys got their amazing new teeter totter!
Then we jumped back in the car for dinner at Gigi's and the boys got a few more gifts there. We finally ended back at our place for game night, which consisted of Candy Land, Hungry Hippos, Chutes and Ladders and a Treasure game. Aden loved it, Ethan loved having company.
I hope everyone's Christmas was as fun as ours!
