We really enjoyed spending Christmas Eve at home with just the 5 of us. We had Cordon Blues, mom's potatoes, veggies, and leftover cake (I didn't want to make another dessert, since we had treats falling out of the fridge and cupboards) It was yummy. Afterwards, I had to finish sewing up some pajamas for the boys (again, procrastinater), it only took about 30 minutes then I had to hurry and wrap them, so the boys could unwrap them...what's the point of wrapping, I don't know, but they sure were excited! Afterwards we did our nativity, then we turned out the lights, except the Christmas tree and sat on the floor singing Christmas songs, ending with Silent Night. It was beautiful. Nothing makes me happier than to see our little boys sing along to this hymn.
We then set out some cookies and milk for Santa, then Corbin told Taylor, "we have got to go to bed so that Santa will come!!" It was one of the best times the boys have ever gone to bed! After they were in bed, Justin and I watched It's a Wonderful Life while I wrapped presents. We finally dragged ourselves to bed at 1:30. I guess that's just part of Christmas for parents!!
At 8:15 in the morning, Corbin opened his door and was extremely tired still. He was pretty certain it was Christmas, but he needed to make sure. He peeked around the corner and his face lit up! He ran back into his room and yelled "Taylor, Taylor, it's Christmas, Santa really did come!!" He ran to our room to get us out, then he ran to the kitchen to see if the cookies and milk were gone, they were. He came yelling "mom, the cookies are gone, Santa is real, Santa is real!!"
Um, am I making this worse... he kept telling me throughout the day, so Santa is real, huh mom..I tried to avoid answering the best I could. I think he was testing me after what happened a few weeks ago...arrgh...
But at least he was happy...they were both so excited with what they got! It was the year of power rangers, ninja turtles, spider man, and guys with little guns!
They love costumes, so obviously these were going to be a huge hit. Santa found them at the after halloween sale for 5 dollars each (originally $20)! Great bargain shopping Santa!
Even Levi loved them! (we gotta teach him how to pose like a hero :)
Every kid needs one of these cars. Levi loves chillin in here (btw, he does have a diaper on!)
A few years ago my dad gave us several of the wood things he made for us when we were younger. I have been rotating them because of limited space. For the past several months the boys have been begging me to get the bear house down. I decided to surprise them and get it down for Christmas!
It is tradition to have the big present be hidden under a blanket, so that's what I did with this one. They were so excited and have already played with it for hours!
Although, the only thing I need to get now is a girl doll, it just doesn't look quite right...(check the bed)
This year we made homemade gifts for each other. It was fun to do and I think very memorable.Taylor made his brothers cube puzzles.
Corbin made his brothers some more capes, we can never have enough (besides the green one is GROSS! It was worn everywhere!)
I made Levi this car mat, but in the end, it really is for all of them. I got the idea from Mandi, she made one for her boy last year and I fell in love with it. I planned on making it this year for our boys. I am so weird about making everything so straight, I was crazy about measuring everything out and making the lines perfect. I will never have the fun random style! I didn't want to have the train go through the whole city so I just made a small part at the bottom corner that they could built from with their train set.
