Christmas Aftermath.

Our Christmas went relatively well. The only exception is we all ended up getting sick. Getting sick three times (or so) in probably what seems like less than two months is ludicrous. We counted the days down for Christmas and Jadon was just getting more and more excited. Originally I had asked Jadon if he wanted to open his presents in the morning or at night. He wanted to open them at night. I told him that everyone else is going to open their presents in the morning. He said that he was fine with that and that he still wanted to open them up at night. At some point it clicked in his little mind that if he opens them at night, he won't have a whole lot of time to play with his presents. So in the end he changed his mind. On the eve of Christmas, Jadon was just singing away Christmas songs. In his bath he was singing Jingle bells and he even added some of his own words (unintentionally). He had just gone potty and had just gotten in his bath. This is what he sang:

"Jingle bells,
Jingle bells,
Jingle all the way.
My butt is so itchy..."

Of course he didn't mean for it to come out that way. He was singing and than he had some epiphany and just blurted out that his butt itches in the middle of his song. I just busted up and I recited his lyrics. He realized what I was singing and he found it so amusing. So now he sings his rendition of Jingle bells.

On Christmas morning, Fiona and I actually got to sleep in (a little bit anyways). Jadon was eager to go downstairs and open up his presents. We held off until after breakfast to let the festivities begin (we knew that if we had the kids tear into their toys that they were not going to eat or drink anything). Jadon opened up his first present, a four pack of assorted Matchbox airplanes. He wanted to play with those before opening up the rest of his presents but I convinced him to open up the rest before he starts to play with his planes. Next, he opened up presents for his grandparents. They got him a Leapster game console with some extra fixings. He continued to open up the rest of his gifts: 3 Matchbox foldable themed sets, and a Fastlane's parking structure. The parking structure seems to be the biggest hit for him. It has a series of ramps where you can adjust which way your car exits the structure. The girls opened up their gifts and it was their first time actually opening up presents. They ended up getting some leapfrog presents (from their grandparents) and they got a nice kitchen set. The things is they don't really play at the kitchen (with the stove, oven, and sink). They take all the cups, utensils, and plates over to their play table and play there.

In the afternoon we went over to visit my parents (to give them their gift) and then in the evening we went to visit Fiona's parents. Jadon got a laptop from Fiona's parents, some clothes (which he was not really interested in) and some other gifts. Vanessa got a repeating parrot (which at first she like but then changed her mind about it), some clothes, and some other toys. Natalie got a mini laptop, some clothes, and some other toys as well.

All in all it was a pleasant Christmas (and break).