Our second annual fancy Christmas Eve dinner! I love the chance to use our candlesticks and other fancy things that we rarely get out, but if there's ever a special occasion to use them- its Christmas Eve.
Christmas morning was a lot of fun this year! Both of the boys started to stir within just a few minutes of each other this morning and when I heard them, I got so excited when I realized "its Christmas!" That feeling cannot be beat. Jake went straight to Reid's room and turned his closet light on but thankfully Reid was pretty awake at that point. The boys played in our room for a little while we got breakfast in the oven and when we all trooped downstairs, Jake beelined for the stockings to get the morning started! We had all decided last night that we'd open stockings before breakfast and then eat before we started with presents. I think Reid may have been more excited about the contents of his stocking (mostly play-doh containers and a fidget spinner) than the rest of the gifts! And surprisingly, he ate none of our traditional breakfast casserole with a side of cinnamon rolls! Wouldn't even try the rolls. He missed out in a big way and opted instead for his normal oatmeal.
Jake has had his heart set on Hot Wheels for Christmas this year and didn't ask for anything else. Even when I asked him last night if there was any other toy he'd like to play with for Christmas, he said "only Hot Wheels." Deric made his Christmas dreams come true in a big way thanks to scouring Craigslist! He found tons of track, a garage and some loop-de-loop thing and Jake has not stopped playing Hot Wheels all day. Just as it should be!
Everyone wanted in on the set up. ;)
Reid wasn't completely sure what was going on this morning but he did understand how to rip wrapping paper off gifts so he had himself a good time! We borrowed the book "Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site" from the library a month or so ago and he absolutely loved it so when I saw it on Jake's preschool Scholastic book order, I was so excited! He opened it up this morning and immediately brought it to me and sat in my lap so we could read. A little while later he brought it to Deric to read again.
Looking through our Port Hope photo book! I love remembering all the fun we have each summer.
He is all about his rainboots! He didn't even care about his presents until we helped him get his boots on! I love it.
A few additions to our train table! Jake loves to build train tracks but has exhausted most of the options that we had, so a little garage and that track-turner piece add so many options for new tracks! When the boys unwrapped those pieces they raced over to the playroom and started to reconfigure the setup to fit in the new pieces. I love that they play with each gift as it comes and really enjoy it.
This was the year of get-all-your-energy-out gifts! (Might have something to do with our move up north where spring won't come for about five more months...) One of those hopping ball things and a trampoline for both boys will surely get plenty of use over these coming cold months! Even this week the temperatures are in the single digits.
Surprisingly, Reid did not like the sled or really the snow at all until we showed him how to make snowballs. Then he had a lot of fun trying to throw them at Jake and Deric. That part is not surprising. ;)
After lunch with Deric's family we came home and those boys headed back outside before the sun went down! I'm so grateful for a fun and relaxing Christmas day with the added excitement of that beautiful snow on the ground.
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