CHRISTMAS 2011

On Christmas Eve I decided to take the boys to Half Price Books in search of the Star Wars movies, which we were successful! After purchasing the movies we sat in the little Cafe and enjoyed a hot chocolate and cookie, it was 10:30 in the morning :) Zayne of course spilled about half of the hot chocolate down the front of him and of course it was a little hot (thank God not hot enough to burn him). But after that adventure we went home, had lunch and took a nap. Well Zayne did. After nap we went to the park. It had been drizzling periodically throughout the day so the slides were a little damp. But Zayne wanted to go down so we went down one of the slides and of course there was a HUGE puddle at the bottom. After playing for about 30 minutes I decided it was time to go home basically because I had one cold and crying kid (Zayne) and very wet pants! The adventures of being a mom of two boys, you just have to get over the dirt and mess! We actually had desert with our neighbors who invited us over for a little bit and then settled down for a movie that evening!

Christmas 2011 was themed Star Wars for Zachery and Elmo for Zayne! Charlie unfortunately had to work this weekend, but we were able to "Face Time" him so he could watch the boys open their presents. We also sent Charlie with a couple of presents so he had something to open on Christmas Day. The boys opened their stockings first when they woke up, then we ate breakfast and started opening presents. The rest of the day Zachery put together Star War Lego's and watched 3 Star War movies. Zayne enjoyed Elmo for a little bit, but then I found him playing in the diaper holder. Then he brought our one of their older toys in order to ride it like a "horse". They both got flashlights/headlamps and Zachery got a watch, which has been fun because he is showing more interest in telling time.

We spent the whole day in our PJ's and ate nothing but bad "stuff", it was GREAT! We all smelled the next day and all took very long showers and baths but it was worth it!! We were able to visit with my parents via Skype, one of my friends came over to visit with us prior to their family Christmas dinner and then we went over to our dear friend's the Baker's house for desert and visit for a bit. It was a very busy day, but tons of FUN!