Merry Christmas!

Christmas was really fun this year because Connor had a better understanding of the concept of Santa and the holiday in general. It still wasn't the "up at 5am and done opening presents by 510am" that I expected, but I guess I shouldn't complain. Those years will arrive soon enough so I appreciated what I'm sure will be the last year I have to wake the kids up!

On Christmas Eve I started telling Connor that we had to leave milk and cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer. So, before I put the boys to bed, we got the treats ready. Connor misunderstood slightly, and before I could stop him, took a bite out of one of the cookies. What can I say - he's just like his mom.

This year, thankfully, I didn't have the train-table-from-hell to assemble so I was able to get to bed at a decent hour. In fact, the most difficult thing to put together this year was the grill set, and I managed to do that the week before while the boys were napping so I was pretty proud of myself.

On Christmas morning, I had hoped to get the generic "kid(s) running down the steps to see what Santa brought" video, but sadly Connor seemed oblivious to the pile of presents under the tree.

Connor was really, really, REALLY excited to see that the cookies and milk were gone. He talked about how "he ate them all" any time he saw an image of Santa for weeks after Christmas. 

Present opening alternated between mass chaos and utter disinterest. Connor was thrilled with everything he opened but then wanted to play with that toy and not open the rest of the presents. Until we gave something to Grant to open...then of course Connor wanted more presents.

About 37 seconds after we finished opening the last present from Santa, my parents arrived with a full car-load of presents. These boys were definitely spoiled this year!