Christmas Eve:
Ever since I was little my mom would always have us help clean the house to get it "ready for Santa" (smart thinking Mom). So Ryan and Ethan helped me get the house ready for Santa even though we weren't actually doing Christmas at our house. It just makes everything nice to put all our new things away when the house is clean. That night we went to Ry's Aunt and Uncle's house for the big family Christmas Eve party. They had all the kids dress up and act out the nativity. Ethan and his buddies/cousins Matthew and Jack were the Wise Men. (Ethan is the one in the gray shirt)
I don't think it was the best idea to put the youngest boys at the very end of the program. By the time it got to their part, Ethan almost ripped his crown, he was wandering around wondering where all the kids went, and wasn't able to follow any directions. Maybe next year he could be a "lost sheep" or something.
Later that night we said good bye to everyone and drove down to my parent's house to spend the night with them. By then it was almost 10 and he was running on all cylindars! He was excited about being at Nanny's and that he got to play with his cousins, and there was excitment in the air and he just didn't know why and don't let those blue eyes fool you!
He didn't get to sleep until 11 that night and Ry ended up falling asleep with him. So Mom was the one to be sure that Santa knew where to put everything.
Christmas Day:
Christmas Day started at 6:30. Can you believe that the kid went to see at 11 and he still woke up at 6:30?! I don't think Ethan has ever slept past 7:30 since he's been born, that's not even a joke. Anyway...Ethan came down to find that Santa had left him quite a batch of presents!
He must have been a good boy this year. Santa brought him a new tool bench along with a big set of tools. He also got some new movies, pjs, and sweatshirts. Ethan was so excited to play with his new stuff! He got an easel with a chalkboard and paper roll from his Grandma Cheryl and he would go back and forth from his tool bench to the chalkboard all morning. He would even scribble on there and tell us what it was. He would draw a "hairplane" (airplane), "kitty", and "pack pack" (backpack). He even thought the paint holders were sippy cup holders.
So we spent the morning playing with toys and then opened presents. My parents got us our Christmas tree and decorations and we also got some gift cards so we can go on a date! Yeah! Ethan got a sweet bean bag chair from Nanny so we can sit and read books together and he can have his own seat in the family room now. Nanny also got him a new BYU sweatshirt and a new cash register equipped with a scanner and credit card swiper (his favorite).
Grandma Cheryl got him a collection of childhood books on DVD. It's like an entire library on DVD and he loves to sit in his bean bag chair with a cup of juice and watch. So cute! Mommy picked up Hi Ho Cherry-o for his new game. He couldn't wait to play! He has to still learn when it's his turn and what exactly to do with the cherries, but he loves to count them. So it was a great Christmas for everyone. Our Christmas came a little early since we ordered a new home computer and it came a couple days ago. Our old computer was on its last leg and was basically useless. It was my old one from college so needless to say it is slightly old and out of date and was put to good use. So I am very excited to be off the lap top and now have a fun new toy to play with. At 11 my brother called! He's on his mission in Tempe, AZ and he only has 5 months left! It was so good to talk to him and he's doing really well. I can't wait until he comes home! Randall's call was the best Christmas gift for everyone! After his call we made our classic Christmas Day dinner, steak and shrimp! Yum! It was perfect! After dinner, we put Ethan down for a nice little nap so we could play games and watch movies. When he woke up we let him play a little longer and then we had to pack up to go. That was a nightmare for Ethan. The poor kid thought we were taking all his toys away. He had no concept that we were putting them in the car to take them hom and no matter what I told him, he just wanted his toys back. I felt awful! But once he was in the car, surrounded by his toys, he was fine. We drove back up to Ry's Aunt and Uncle's house to see Aaron who just got in from Australia. Ethan even got to hitch a ride on his cousin's new motorcycle. It was quite the site!
Well, I hope everyone had a great Christmas! I can't wait to hear all about it!
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