Christmas 2010

Christmas this year was crazy! Again I feel like we got the kids too many presents. Wyatt was hilarious he just kept going from one thing to another, he was so overwhelmed! And he's the one who can't seem to get enough of anything so it was funny to watch. Christmas Eve we had some friends over and had the kids perform a little nativity play which is on the video at the bottom of this post. We had a yummy dinner and then opened Christmas Jammies.


The kids went to bed surprisingly well and Eric and I got to work. Christmas Eve is my favorite, I mean it's usually a lot of work but it's so fun to get everything ready from Santa. Especially the stockings. Also Eric and I open a few gifts Christmas Eve and have some time together.
This was my task, the littlest pet shop and my little pony gear. You might think that it wouldn't take that long to get ready and you, like me, would be dead wrong! Those toys have so many tiny rubber bands that hold all the tiny pieces and pets in the box,, it was ridiculous. I think it took almost as long for me to get it all out as it took for Eric to put together the air hockey table.


Then came the train set. That took a around a couple of hours. The table was easy enough to set up but Eric and I had to look at the picture on the box to figure out how to do the track ect. We went to bed around 11:00 only to be woken up at 1:00 by the lovely miss Bianca. She was so excited she couldn't go back to sleep so she was up for about an hour until she finally fell asleep in our bed. Wyatt got up early and had forgotten it was Christmas morning because he and Eric just lounged around a little and let us girls sleep in. They woke us around 7:30 and we then told Wyatt it was Christmas. He screamed and ran into the room where the Christmas tree is. LOL. When he saw the train table he said, "Om my gosh, how did this get in here!" and then he ran away from it.


One thing I really wanted to get the kids was a Lite Bright. I remember loving mine when I was a kid. Granted there are more high tech toys out there now but sometimes the kids like the old school toys just as much. They had a lot of fun with it.

And here is a clip of the play the kids performed. It was impromtu so don't expect too much but it was way cute. We want to make sure that they remember the real reason we celebrate Christmas.