Merry Christmas

I know, a little late. We had a great Christmas. Jim says it looks like a toy wave hit the house. There are toys everywhere. Christmas Eve was really fun. We went to church (even Jim) and the service was good, except that it was late enough that Brandon's med were no longer working. When we got home I made a quick dinner. We had been watching Santa on the Norad Tracker. It was fun to show the kids where he was. Also made it easy to get them to go to bed. Got really crazy when he hit Canada. They started screaming that he was almost here. We ran around to clean up and put out reindeer food and cookies and milk. Then they went right to bed. Half an hour later I went up to check and they were both awake. Brandon was steady looking out the window and was asking where was he. I told them that he doesn't come till they fall asleep and that did the trick.

Christmas day I woke up first and sat and listened for them to wake up. They were so excited. Lauren woke up Brandon. It was so funny to hear her telling him he had to get up and see what Santa had brought. As we started opening presents Lauren kept declaring this the best day ever. Brandon was able to unwrap all his presents in one sitting. Other years he would have to take a break and leave the room. Silly, I know, but progress. Later we went to my sisters and I got to see Arion (who spent some time with his father). We brought all his presents and I got to watch him open them. Generally the day went great. I would show you pictures, but I can't find the camera. I will post when I do.

The best quote of the day was from Lauren. I was running around trying to cook my special cheesy potatoes and an apple pie and she said "Mommy, you just have to learn to relax". I started to laugh. She was right. Hope everyone had a good Christmas.