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Christmas in Photos

The boys had a wonderful Christmas, dare I say we may have even overdone it a bit.
Every year I worry and stress about getting nearly everything they ask for...within reason of course.
I think next year my goal will be to cut back a little bit.

We had a very relaxing Christmas Eve, we baked cookies for Santa and finished up wrapping. The boys had a bath and got to open one of their gifts.

Cookies and snacks for the reindeer

The boys got to open a present from their Aunt Mary that night! We all had fun coloring it.

The boys got to eat their bumble gum guys Grandpa John & Grandma Lisa sent for them

Taylor

Callum

Christmas Morning:

I woke up before anyone in the house, which is a miracle in itself!
I made coffee that was way too strong even for my mother in law....I definitely need to perfect my barista skills.

The boys woke up about 10 minutes after Joshua and myself.
I heard them calling from the stairs "Mommy, did he come?!"
I told them to come on down and check!
Taylor exclaimed that he heard Reindeer on the roof during the night while he was trying to sleep and he heard Santa's bells!!

This age is so much fun.

The haul pre kid attack

checking out their goodies

Trio Batman stuff was a big hit in our house this year, it has also caused a lot of headaches for the adults I must add.

Callum slightly overwhelmed

Daddy was thrilled about having to put together the Trio Batcave!

Stocking goodies.

Stocking aftermath

Callum's 1st wardrobe change of the day into new pjs from Santa, hanging his stocking ornament.

Ready to head to Mammaw's!

Buzz & Woody Dress Up, a big hit!

Callum & Mammaw

Pappaw tickling Taylor

Mommy & Daddy

Mr Spriggs a few White Russians into the evening.

Momma & Taylor

Momma & Callum

Ready to watch Daddy play Epic Mickey and in our new pjs!

Santa

Josh braved the crowds of the mall this close to Christmas to take the boys to see Santa today.
He said the line was incredibly long and the people were crazy there of course.
He messaged me that he had a headache and the people were all smelly and stupid!

The boys were so excited to see the big man.
Taylor talked and talked as he is prone to do to anyone that will listen.
Santa listened intently even with the long line.

We really like the Santa at this mall. He's been there ever since the boys first visit to Santa when they were four months old.
We did strayed once to the other mall because we were having portraits done and it was convenient but, I instantly regretted it as he was not a very personable Santa even though he was a very great looking Santa.
He didn't really talk to the boys much and the workers there were more about getting the snapshot than letting them enjoy the experience. I finally snapped at them to just let them enjoy it and I think that picture came out pretty good.

Between the two I will definitely pick the Oxmoor Santa as long as it's still the same guy.

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Christmas Secrets

I decided to try and take the boys to shop for each other this year. They've never really cared any other year but showed a bit of interest this year to buy something special for their "bubby"
Taylor was overwhelmed and had a hard time because being the perfectionist he is, he wanted to pick out the most perfect present that his brother would love and play with every day.
He had a couple of melt downs in Target and then finally settled on some Galactic Heroes.
After the near failure of the first shopping trip it took me about a week to take Callum to shop for his brother.
Callum was a bit better. I knew better than walking up and down all the toy aisles. I steered him into the direction of the action figures since Taylor had a request for a certain item.
Callum decided against the item Taylor had requested and found a Batman figure he thought his brother would like and another that had Nightwing, Batgirl and the Penguin. Both excellent choices, I know Taylor would be very happy with them.
As soon as we got home Callum and Taylor snuck off to their Nana's bedroom and Callum whispered to him that he got him Batman, the pack with Nightwing and the other Galactic Hero he had chosen against.
I hear Taylor exclaim "you got me everything I ever wanted bubby! You're such a great bubby!"
Josh whispers to me that he hears Callum spilling the beans.
"Callum, are you telling your brother what you got?" "No mommy!"
I couldn't help but laugh. We can't expect four year olds to keep secrets from each other, especially two little boys that are this close.
The only problem with this, is Callum told his brother something that he didn't end up getting him! Taylor is definitely going to be disappointed and I can't decide if I should run out and get it and make it a stocking stuffer since it is a small item.
The other option would be to let him learn the disappointment of not always getting what you ask for.
I explained that I didn't think Callum got all those things, he just wouldn't have it.
If Callum said so his word was gold....even against mommy's.

Build A Bear

The boys decided as their gift to each other that they wanted to go to Build a Bear Workshop.
Taylor really wanted a spider, which of course they didn't have. He ended up picking a bunny, which seemed like a total opposite of what he originally wanted. He named his Bunny "Rover".
I knew Callum would pick a monkey, for some reason he's been wanting a monkey stuffed animal. Callum wanted to name his Monkey "Monkey Doo Doo Head" which I immedately nixed, so he was like fine, his name is "Fluffy". haha.
We went and they immediately plugged their ears from all the screeching little girls that were in there, it was pretty hysterical.
We didn't take any pictures during the process.
They each picked two outfits for their "stuffies" as they call them.
Callum picked a Darth Vader outfit and a Star Wars pj set.
Taylor picked a Batman outift and the Star Wars pj set as well.
Most kids just like to sleep with their stuffed animals but the boys love playing with theirs. I've never seen kids play with their stuffed animals like they do.

On to Fluffy & Rover

Christmas

We had a great Christmas.
Christmas Eve was pretty quiet, we got our last minute wrapping done and just hung out around the house.
The Tiptons came over that night with the Noodle to exchange the kids gifts.
They loved what they got! They both got tool sets that are awesome and had so many tools.
Josh and I were up until after 1 getting Santa stuff out and set up.

The boys didn't wake up until almost 9 Christmas morning. They weren't really crazy and took their time investigating everything they got.
They were very excited about their Phineus, Ferb and Perry dolls and said their favorite thing was their Dragon Castle.
We opened gifts from under the tree to each other and from my Dad and Lisa.
The boys loved everything they got!

We headed to my mom's around 1 and spent time with them until around 5 or so when we headed to Josh's Aunt Mary's house.
The boys were so overwhelmed at my mom's and hardly opened a single present.
It was definitely overstimulation and they started getting whiney and weird.
It could have also been that they had no nap that day as well.
The boys got the kids rough and tough cameras from my mom and Floyd and they LOVED them. They've taken so many pictures and are finally figuring out how to really use them.
We got so many great presents and had a really great day.
Floyd made an awesome lasagna and I ate SO much food!

Everyone was gone from his Aunt's house so it was relaxing going over there, we just hung out, ate more food and watched some tv.

I got most of the living room cleaned up that evening but our kitchen is still a disaster.
The day after Christmas I got the boys pictures from their cameras uploaded and programmed their Tag readers they got from Grandpa John and Grandma Lisa. They've been a big hit.