Merry Christmas
We started off Christmas Eve by opening a package from my sister in Japan. She loves to send us Japanese treats for us to try. Pictured is Brandon holding up what he thought was a package of gum. He eagerly opened the package and popped it into his mouth. After a few seconds of chewing he exclaims, “Ugg, it has chunks!”. Personally I enjoyed it but it was more taffy than gum. Here is Brandon’s face after eating it.
After the 4pm church services we had Danith’s family over for a quick dinner and gift exchange. Everybody had a great time and lots of laughs were had by all. We had to cut the night short as Santa was coming and we did not want the kids to still be up for his arrival. After everybody was out the door, Brandon set up cookies and milk and quickly hit the hay.
We were awoken briefly at 2am by an antsy Brandon but had to tell him to head back to bed. At 7am we relented and let them both run downstairs to see what Santa brought. All the stockings were stuffed and there was even a few letters to the kids thanking them for the cookies. After the chaos of opening presents the kids had some down time before we had dinner at Danith’s parents and another round of presents!
Today we are hoping to relax and try to get the house back to some semblance of normal. Hope everybody had a great Christmas!
Countdown to Christmas
My kids are already starting with the countdown. T-Minus 10 days, minus some depending on when you read this post. Every day I get an updated count from Brandon when he crosses off a day on his calendar.
I wish I had some pictures to share but I promise on the next post I will have something.
This weekend was Brandon’s cub scout holiday pot luck. The Tiger’s only had to bring pop, so we had an easy job with little prep. The entire family was allowed to come and once we got there we could see why.. They had a bouncy castle.
The party was held in the high schools activity center, picture a large gym. So there was 2 basketball courts, the bouncy castle, a running track and the tables and chairs I helped set up. Aiden was immediately drawn to the bouncy castle. He got to spend a lot of time in there, as long as the older cub scouts were not being too rough.
After the food the cub scouts got a surprise visit from Santa. It was quite a sight to see Santa playing a quick game of floor hockey with the older kids in his red suit. 🙂
Otherwise I have been addictied to facebook. It is nice to reconnect to old friends and to play some online games like Word Twist and just see what everybody is up to. If you do not have an account I suggest you set one up and search to see who you can find online.
Have a great Christmas!
