By the end of the Christmas season for 2012, our family had been to five different Christmas gatherings.
It started Sunday evening, we had Christmas with my Dad, AKA Popa and Nana. It was the easiest dinner ever, they brought salad and a pie and we picked up Pizza King.
Dad got the boys puzzles and the sandbox diggers with a seat and the levers on them, I cannot wait to see them use them outside together. Bradley also got LEGOs, a prized possession for him. Jaxson opened a MobiGo, all he can do with it right now is the painting game, but I am sure in a few more months he will have the thing figured out. I thought it would be good for hand-eye coordination development and for educational games.
The next night, Christmas Eve, we had Christmas with Dan's Mom and siblings. There were eight adults and seven kids there it was a bit crazy! Five of the cousins were age four or younger so there was paper flying everywhere. Dan's Mom got everyone new Columbia coats and the kids busy opening anything with paper on it, even gifts that didn't even have their names on them. There were toys everywhere at the end of the evening.
Then we went home and went to bed so that Santa could come that night.
The boys awoke on Christmas morning to this...
It started Sunday evening, we had Christmas with my Dad, AKA Popa and Nana. It was the easiest dinner ever, they brought salad and a pie and we picked up Pizza King.
Dad got the boys puzzles and the sandbox diggers with a seat and the levers on them, I cannot wait to see them use them outside together. Bradley also got LEGOs, a prized possession for him. Jaxson opened a MobiGo, all he can do with it right now is the painting game, but I am sure in a few more months he will have the thing figured out. I thought it would be good for hand-eye coordination development and for educational games.
The next night, Christmas Eve, we had Christmas with Dan's Mom and siblings. There were eight adults and seven kids there it was a bit crazy! Five of the cousins were age four or younger so there was paper flying everywhere. Dan's Mom got everyone new Columbia coats and the kids busy opening anything with paper on it, even gifts that didn't even have their names on them. There were toys everywhere at the end of the evening.
Then we went home and went to bed so that Santa could come that night.
The boys awoke on Christmas morning to this...
They actually let us sleep until about 8:30 on Christmas morning, I was anticipating being up much earlier. Then the excitement began...
Then it was time to get dressed and head over to Uncle Terry and Aunt Nancy's House for Christmas with the extended Hayworth Family (Dan's Dad's Family). There was good food and good conversation as always. They boys opened a medic helicopter from their cousin, Cindy, which has been making rescues all over the house and very large CAT dump truck from their Shedrow Cousins which has already made several noisy laps around the kitchen island. (I am sad that I do not have any pictures from this gathering, I forgot my camera at home and my phone was dead.)
We had a few days off from Christmas gatherings and then it was time to go to the last one this past Saturday. We went down to Uncle Doug and Aunt Deb's house to finally gift this extra puppy that had been living at our house for two weeks. Uncle Doug was pretty happy to receive Dolly.
It was also a great opportunity to see all the Great Aunts and Great Uncles and have the always popular Felix/Bramer White Elephant Gift exchange. We took a Car Wet/Dry Vacuum and a Thirty-One Medium Tote filled with baking supplies. We came home with a battery operated wine bottle opener and an Aroma Therapy Stuffed Animal.
The boys enjoying the appetizers, waiting to eat.
And the Christmas Gatherings were finally done for 2012...
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