Christmas Morning

Pictures from Christmas morning...finally! (Sorry it took me so long, mom)


All they want for Christmas...cars, cars and more cars!


Some other stuff we found and put under the tree.


It wasn't until they were almost at the bottom of the stairs that they realized something was different about this morning.


Initially, all the boys noticed were the two Toy Story stuffed cars. They were thrilled since these reminded them of their very own halloween costumes this year. They each sleep with their respective stuffed toy at night.


Nathan asked for "green Chick Hicks" at least twice a day for the month leading up to Christmas. We already had one, but somehow it was lost and he wasn't able to properly re-enact the scenes from the movie without it. (I already have a second back-up ready to go for his birthday in February).


Ian, showing off his "Mommy Special Lightening McQueen" as he likes to call it. It's the "mommy" to the smaller version of the same car. My kids have cars instead of dolls.


Nathan, tractor tipping. We have to record this and figure out how to share that video with everyone. The sound effects are adorable!


Nathan, hugging his new bear.

Christmas Pajamas

I am so far behind with my posts. Oh, well. Things have been so busy, blah, blah, blah. At least our downstairs home improvement projects are almost complete!

We let the boys open up one gift each on Christmas Eve--new pajamas! Ryan hates this tradition. He firmly believes that absolutely NO gifts should be opened until Christmas morning. Oh, well!




Ian loves to rip everything apart. He didn't care much about the pajamas, but he definitely enjoyed the wrapping paper.


Nathan seemed happy to receive pajamas. Had I known that it would take him forever to open his gifts the following morning, I think I would have let him open a few more on Christmas Eve. We had to beg Nathan to open his gifts on Christmas. He's such an odd one.

Memories

I just uploaded this layout to my scrapbooking blog, but I had to add it here as well. This is Ian back in September 2006...the first time he received stitches. I say the first time because I KNOW that we will be rushing him to the ER for more stitches in the future. Remember, this is the child that scooted off the futon the first time he learned to scoot/crawl. Ryan was cleaning up something in the room and Ian waited until he wasn't watching to make his move. Was that ER trip #1 for Ian? I think so.



This is a very simple layout. I inked the edges of the patterned paper, typed up my journaling on the computer and kept the embellishments to a minimum. I'm trying to complete 31 layouts during the first 31 days of the year...I'm 3 behind already. I'm trying to not cheat and count a 2-page layout as 2 layouts. I'm sure that come January 30, my rules will have changed.

Christmas Eve...at the park?

We had the perfect Christmas Eve. The weather was delightful and Ryan and I were able to take the boys to the park. The park on December 24, can you believe it? Being able to share the holiday with family and friends would have been lovely. However, that being said, there is something wonderful about enjoying a low-key holiday with no one but the kids. They certainly don't care if the spare bathroom is spotless or if the entire floor throughout the house is picked up.


Nathan would spend hours in the swing, if only we were willing to push him that long.


Ian has his own way of doing things.






I think Ian is winning this race!


Nathan was content just running around outside. Boys belong outdoors, that's for sure!

Fascinating

I can remember going to the store with my mom and buying this (annoying) Christmas carousel thing. It plays about 30 songs and can be turned up way too high. Since half of my Christmas decorations are still missing, I had a temporary lapse of judgement and dragged this thing out. What was I thinking when I put it within the boys' reach??? Oh, well, they were obviously very interested in the darn thing.


What is that face that Ian is making? He's a weird one.




I could barely drag Nathan away from it.

This One's for Jacqui

I went a little nutty at JoAnn Fabric the day after Thanksgiving. Here's the flannel that I purchased...and only the flannel. I bought a bunch of felt, a 10-drawer rolling cart, some sewing notions, scrapbook paper and probably a few other things that I just can't remember at the moment. Oh, I went to two different locations too. What makes this so incredibly nutty??? I barely (and I stress that word) know how to sew anything! I'm determined that 2009 will be the year that I learn. If I remember, I'll post a picture of the one sewing project I have completed so far.

Calling All Scrapbookers

Hop on over to my scrapbooking blog: delovelyscrapbooks.blogspot.com for a fun challenge! It's my 31 Layouts in 31 Days challenge. The winner will receive a Cloud 9 Designs page kit!

Oh, and can someone please explain to me why the heck I cannot get links to work on my blog?????