I baked some cookies for Santa, but they got a little crispy... James wanted to make sure that we left some carrots for the reindeer. He counted out one for all of them and left a note to make sure that Santa realized there was one for Rudolph.
James really wanted to sleep by the Christmas tree and catch Santa, but since it was in the middle of the living room we compromised and he slept on the floor in our room. With the door open, you can see directly under the tree and he was determined to stay awake and keep watch.
That didn't last long! :) Baymax spent the night just for Christmas, so he slept next to James.
Christmas morning the boys woke up and we got to check out their stockings. For some reason, we've gotten really lucky and on holidays they sleep like any other day and get up at the same time so we haven't had to deal with them getting up at 5am or anything like that. Which is funny because I remember being too excited to sleep at that age and just staring at the clock waiting for it to be time to get up.
Hugging the hot wheels:
James was kind of all over the place this year and kept changing his mind on what to ask Santa. (That makes it hard for Santa to keep up by the way! ;) At first he wanted a Krazy Kar that he tried out in occupational therapy. It is an old toy from the 90's that you sit in and control with your hands, kind of like an athletic wheelchair. Then he changed his mind and wanted a smartwatch (one for kids that only calls a few numbers) and after a few different changes he finally settled back on a Krazy Kar. So Santa brought him one!
James' teacher told him a story about how in her family they put rocks and different things in the presents to make it heavier so that they can't guess what it is based on how it feels. He really wanted to do that, so he got a bag and some of Anthony's work gloves in it with a big pile of rocks. He was giggling so much watching Anthony open it.
James got Anthony a flexible screwdriver that can curve and go in tight or awkward places.
This huuuuuuge present was a gift for Anthony from my brother Daniel who spent Christmas eve and Christmas day with us.
A folding fish cleaning table! It even has a place to hook up a hose to it. Now we don't have to clean fish in the house anymore. Yay!!
Testing out the Krazy Kar:
I don't know why I didn't get pictures of Rett opening his presents, he must have been going too fast, but he got angry bird pez, hot wheels tracks, and angry birds hot wheels tracks. I got a ton of Harry Potter things and I loved it! Anthony even surprised me with Harry Potter bookmarks after he made a big deal about us not getting each other gifts. Stinker!
We had our annual Christmas t-shirt competition:
James:
Me:
Daniel:
Rett:
Anthony:
Dallas:
Aunt Eileen:
Nevada:
It was a close call on the facebook voting for who won the tshirt contest, but I think Aunt Eileen won in the end with her light up reindeer sweater.
There was a lot of trying out of the Krazy Kar for the next few days. We even took it with us to the park!
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