Christmas

Okay, so I have neglected to get pictures posted for quite some time. Now I will play catch up. Here we go.

First we have the jolly old elves themselves. S3 and S2 strike poses as Santa's little helpers.


S2 was way into Christmas this year. He loved buying and wrapping presents for others. The only problem was that he has a hard time keeping a secret- just like his dad! He gets sooo excited that he just can't hold it in.



We were decorating the tree when the next thing I hear is "Hey mom, look!" And I find S2 decorating himself instead of the tree. Immediately I said, "Take that out of your nose, gross. Wait, put it back, I want to get a picture!" Kids are so goofy.

One of my favorite childhood Christmas memories is the beautiful gingerbread houses that would be made every year. I just loved to look at them, and probably pick off candy too. So I try to make them with my kids, thank goodness for pre-made kits. S1 and S3 don't get to help until the very end or they'd eat all the candy and we'd have a bare house.

No, a polar bear dressed as a reindeer did not actually attack our gingerbread house. S2 was trying to dislodge a gumball and it wouldn't release until he had pulled it off over the edge of the counter and gravity helped out. This only a day after creating the masterpiece, oh well, I tried.

Dave and I with his mom after the Christmas Concert in which Dave performed.

Debbie with all her children. We all eventually made it to the concert, although at different times due to parking and weather related issues. But we had fun afterwards together too.

Grandma and her grandsons right before we went into the museum. The boys couldn't wait. It was nice to have her visit shortly before Christmas.

Aunt Jen and Uncle Reagan came over for Christmas Eve. The boys had lots of fun with them. We enjoyed our time with them also. We had quite the game of Phase 10.

S1 holding the boys' present from their aunt and uncle. It was literally a big hit as they all took turns hitting the moles and each other. Thank goodness it has an off button! You can see Aunt Terraza sitting in the background. She also spent part of the evening with us and the boys opened their presents from her as she was spending the rest of Christmas Eve and Christmas with her fiance and his family.

Mom's bargain find ($50 instead of $100) that was a huge hit with all the boys. They just played with that for quite a while before we had to open any other presents. Luckily it wasn't hard to assemble so I wasn't up half the night. They are all wearing the pj's their aunt gave them for Christmas. S3 is still a little swollen from his surgery about two months earlier. It's all gone now, although you can see where the hardware is in his head.

S2 enjoys looting his stocking before mom and dad are up and going.











S1 enjoying one of his favorite presents-a fake violin. Unfortunately, it only lasted a month or so before it broke.














Yeah, Dad may have gotten the PlayStation but I got Guitar Hero.












It's a bird, it's a plane, it's super S2! He had lots of fun pretending to fly like superman and "breaking" the chains that came with the outfit.














Now he is a pirate, argh! And he's off with Dora to go find some treasure. Two pirate costumes came with the boat.