Our Christmas

A few days before Christmas, D and I embarked on our first sugar cookie and frosting activity. I pictured it going a lot differently in my mind (you know, D actually wanting to help frost and decorate 80+ cookies). Instead, it went a little something like this: Nana and D mixed up the dough, me and D cut out cookies with fun cookie cutters, I frosted all the cookies while D tried to eat all the frosting, D used half a bottle of sprinkles per cookie (well, he tried to), and finally, D abandoned me the second Uncle Jeff woke up. I should have taken pictures, but I was too busy trying to frost 80+ cookies before brother woke up. Oh, and just for the record, D would not eat any of the cookies. He tried one and said he didn't like it. Typical D. (Sidenote: if you like ginger, try these cookies - they are very good and super easy!)

On Christmas eve, we had a fabulous Christmas dinner (thanks mom!) with our families followed by some carols around the piano. D could hardly contain himself because he knew that he was going to be able to open one present before bed. The caroling was brought to a close with his announcement, "I'm outta here!", followed by his mad dash into the family room. So we opened a few presents, watched Mr. Krueger's Christmas, ate yummy dessert, and herded D off to bed.

Here are the cute boys in their cute new matching jammies.

After D woke up and breakfast was in the oven, D got to unload his stocking (and brother's since he slept in until 9).

The stockings were fun (as fun as undies and snacks can be), but unwrapping all the presents was way more fun! I think the present ratio for adults to D was about 1 to 4.

These little trucks from Nana and Papa were a huge hit. His incessant need to open all the presents waned momentarily after these little guys were discovered. That gave the rest of us a chance to open some presents in peace without D chomping at the bit for his next one.

Sleepy head decided to join the party and had fun watching D open all his presents for him.

I saved this present for last because I knew D wouldn't care about anything else after he saw this little gem (also from Nana and Papa). He loves driving his cars and trucks on the little roads.

Grandma brought this little Santa hat down for the boys. It fit brother perfectly and was pretty cute when he wasn't angry.

We really had a great Christmas. The best part, as always, was being with family. I have also love reading about everyone's Christmas traditions, and hope to add a few new ones next year! I am going to miss getting Christmas cards in the mail (maybe if we're lucky we'll still have a few stragglers come in? Leigh?) I am really going to miss my Christmas tree. And I am really, really going to miss all of the Christmas excitement bursting out of our cute little D. Has anyone ever made a three-hundred-sixty-something-day Christmas chain???