Fa-la-la-lala! Christmas Eve... peaceful looking, yes (minus my lone hanging stocking - all I wanted for Christmas was SLEEP... though I'm not sure that wish has been granted yet with all the sickness we've had around here!)
And the madness begins.... Christmas Eve was spent with the Phillips family. Nana spoiled the boys with too many toys and clothes which AJ modeled for us throughout the evening.
Even Thomas was excited to open his very first present!
Christmas morning the boys were excited to open their gifts. Threats of coal didn't deter behaviors earlier in the week but charting how many gifts would be withheld on Christmas morning that Santa delivered (Ben:1, AJ:2) did seem to improve behavior 2 hours before bedtime.
I was lucky enough to score the 'hot gift' for Ben this year (the Leapfrog... thanks Christy!) but got the lesser 'Explorer' for AJ. We're trying to move their attention away from trains. Ben ripped through everything until he found his 'grown-up' train (not at all appropriate for children under 10) but it was what he asked Santa for so he couldn't let the little guy down.
The Sinclair side joined us for dinner on Christmas and there was more than enough food to go around. We're still eating leftover. Barf.
We've been very blessed to have family with us this year and tons of new toys to hopefully keep us busy.
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