Monday, December 27, 2010

Christmas

We had a very merry Christmas. Every year is so different with the kids being different ages with different interests and activity. My folks and brother are up for a couple weeks and my grandma Wanda also came up for a few days over Christmas.

We had a pretty steady cookie production going on. I made quite a bit through the month and mom took over once they got here.


Ry quietly got himself up on the chair and when I looked over saw him pressing his face against the glass dome


He had impressive self restraint and only looked at the treats on the a table

After Christmas Eve service we put out the candy dish and cookies for desert. Very quickly I could see that the boys were not pacing themselves too well with the candy consumption. This picture was taken shortly after I announced that it's time to put the candy dish up... Ryan is quickly trying to secure his pile before the dish goes.





John and Grandma Wanda eating some of the really yummy fruitcake John made this year.

The boys opened up their stockings before breakfast. They had little wrapped presents inside and quickly after opening Ryan's first gift he became agitated that he couldn't put it back in the wrapping like he found it... making me think this might be a long morning... but he soon got over it and decided the stuff inside the packaging was worth the not being able to put it back how it was.








Mmm... breakfast.

Opening presents...



Robot wrapping paper putter-wayer... awesome


And uncle grabber




After Trev got his leapfrog books asked me to unwrap his next present and then tell him what it was because he's "busy right now".


Grandma Wanda reading to Ryan

Friday, December 17, 2010

Angel Choir





And a picture from the cookie decorating fest... Trevor decorated maybe five cookies and ate tons of sprinkles. Ryan decorated a couple too and then would only lick the frosting off of his cookie. Because the cookie part is only good for holding the frosting that one licks off.