We headed back up to Idaho for Christmas this year. As soon as we hit the house the big boys settled around the tree for a little training...
that would be TRAINing.
The little boy got right to work charming his grandma with some tunes
Oh yeah, he was working it!
The next day was Christmas eve and after a long day playing with those grandma toys we headed off to the Sizzler for our traditional Christmas eve dinner. We missed it one year so we are always careful to know when they plan to close. After we were all home and full we all congregated in the living room when we heard the jingling of bells and saw a jolly fellow burst in the door!
Hyrum was starstruck! He wasted no time in telling him that he wanted a force glove for Christmas. And lo and behold what did he have in his bag for Hyrum but a force glove. I tell you that Santa is good!
After a lot of the excitement had passed Santa came over to Elijah who was on my lap and talked to him a bit. He was starry eyed!
Noah just kind of held back and was a bit stand offish, we didn't think much of it until later. Santa was good enough to stop for a picture before heading off into the night to continue his rounds.
The boys all went to bed on time miraculously, we couldn't believe our luck until Noah woke up at 11:45 restless and proceeded to kick, hit and headbutt us for the rest of the night until he finally collapsed at around 6 in the morning. The culprit for keeping my little man awake? Santa. That would be fear of the big man. Oh boy!
You can imagine how that went over at 7:00 when Hyrum burst into the room eager to get out to the tree to see what else Santa left them. We held him off until 7:30 and tried to wake up Noah. He. would. not. wake. up! He just could not keep those eyes open. Hyrum was incredibly impatient, naturally and was chomping at the bit to get out there. We sat Elijah on the bed to try to keep Noah awake and Hyrum trying to throw a nightlight projecting animal to Eli ended hitting him smack in the face. So Elijah's bleeding, both he and Hyrum are crying and we're still trying to keep Noah awake and keep all of the boys in the room so I can go out into the living room to videotape them seeing their gifts. It was a crazy 15 minutes or so. But as soon as we got ourselves all together and out to the tree everything got better and the morning craziness was forgotten.
They were enraptured by their gifts.
The favorite was probably the gift from Grandma Grandpa and Uncle Dave to all of the boys. The Imaginext Castle with just about everything they make to go with it. They ALL loved it
And of course no first Christmas would be complete without the outfit.
The boys played nonstop all day with their toys but we noticed whenever Noah could his head hit the floor or something soft.
Poor Noah!
We were dancing with a snow storm so we had to leave the day after Christmas but it was so great to be all together while we could.
that would be TRAINing.
The little boy got right to work charming his grandma with some tunes
Oh yeah, he was working it!
The next day was Christmas eve and after a long day playing with those grandma toys we headed off to the Sizzler for our traditional Christmas eve dinner. We missed it one year so we are always careful to know when they plan to close. After we were all home and full we all congregated in the living room when we heard the jingling of bells and saw a jolly fellow burst in the door!
Hyrum was starstruck! He wasted no time in telling him that he wanted a force glove for Christmas. And lo and behold what did he have in his bag for Hyrum but a force glove. I tell you that Santa is good!
After a lot of the excitement had passed Santa came over to Elijah who was on my lap and talked to him a bit. He was starry eyed!
Noah just kind of held back and was a bit stand offish, we didn't think much of it until later. Santa was good enough to stop for a picture before heading off into the night to continue his rounds.
The boys all went to bed on time miraculously, we couldn't believe our luck until Noah woke up at 11:45 restless and proceeded to kick, hit and headbutt us for the rest of the night until he finally collapsed at around 6 in the morning. The culprit for keeping my little man awake? Santa. That would be fear of the big man. Oh boy!
You can imagine how that went over at 7:00 when Hyrum burst into the room eager to get out to the tree to see what else Santa left them. We held him off until 7:30 and tried to wake up Noah. He. would. not. wake. up! He just could not keep those eyes open. Hyrum was incredibly impatient, naturally and was chomping at the bit to get out there. We sat Elijah on the bed to try to keep Noah awake and Hyrum trying to throw a nightlight projecting animal to Eli ended hitting him smack in the face. So Elijah's bleeding, both he and Hyrum are crying and we're still trying to keep Noah awake and keep all of the boys in the room so I can go out into the living room to videotape them seeing their gifts. It was a crazy 15 minutes or so. But as soon as we got ourselves all together and out to the tree everything got better and the morning craziness was forgotten.
They were enraptured by their gifts.
The favorite was probably the gift from Grandma Grandpa and Uncle Dave to all of the boys. The Imaginext Castle with just about everything they make to go with it. They ALL loved it
And of course no first Christmas would be complete without the outfit.
The boys played nonstop all day with their toys but we noticed whenever Noah could his head hit the floor or something soft.
Poor Noah!
We were dancing with a snow storm so we had to leave the day after Christmas but it was so great to be all together while we could.
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