O Christmas Tree

I am sitting here in amazement that Christmas is already over. You don't realize until that morning, after your little ones tear open all their gifts, that it is always about the anticipation. When you are stressing over what gift to get, when to put the tree up, where you are spending your holiday.....these are the actual things that make you giddy about Christmas. Of course giddy also seems to feel like stress, but trust me....it is all the little things you do to make it a great Christmas.....that is where you get the excitement for the holiday. Can you imagine just sitting around, staring at the walls, counting the days until Christmas? That would not be very exciting at all. BUT....when you make that mad dash before the store closes because you just realize that the hottest gift of the year is on sale and your kid HAS to have it.....then you drive back home with a sense of "I am one bad ass parent!" That is more like the rush I am talking about.

Our celebration started Wed night. We went to church and Nicholas was thrilled to actually hold a lit candle (of course I had that giddy feeling and it was NOT the Christmas rush). We then journeyed out and looked at Christmas lights. Nicholas makes you say wow or wow wow.....depending on how he thinks the house looks.
Thursday night we spent with Eddie's family. Everything was nice and all of the kids got their gifts as well as spent some time together.

 

 

 

 

 

Friday morning was a spectacular. Nicholas was sooooo excited and opened every gift with a gleam in his eyes. I would say that Santa brought about 16 new costumes for Nicholas. If anyone wants to shoot a Star Wars movie...come to our house. We have all the props! Thankfully Nicholas made his list very early this year and mom Santa was on the lookout right after Halloween for some good deals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We snuck in a little nap with Lukas before heading out to my Grandma's house for the afternoon/evening.
We had a nice dinner and exchanged gifts with a basement full of people. Nicholas got 4 more costumes and entertained everyone with each one! My Aunt Sharon works her butt off to get the holidays looking just right. I was excited to see my cousin Jodi which is my sister of all sisters.

 

Saturday we journeyed out to my dads where Nicholas got 1 more costume and again entertained us all. Lukas just goes with the flow at this age and played with whatever he could reach.

It is now Sunday night and Lukas just got to see the full effect of his gift......a roller coaster. He had a terrified look on his face at first and then smiled as wide as he could....until we were tired of getting him up and down it, then he got more like a "don't you dare stop pushing me" look on his face.
Nicholas is spending the night with his cousins and the house is actually quiet right now. A HUGE mess, but quiet. I am going to take advantage of the quiet.....and leave the mess.

Thank You to everyone who helped make this Christmas a great one for our boys. We are grateful and overwhelmed at your generosity.
Now if someone can just buy us a bigger house....we could have a place to store all of your generosity! :)