On Christmas eve we went to church and then came home for dinner and talked with Grandma and Grandpa G. on Skype. Uncle Chris, Uncle Mike, Aunt Barb, Trista, Nick, Natalie, Cole, and Luke were all there so we got to say hi to everyone for a few minutes.
On Christmas day the boys woke up at their normal times and were excited to see their stockings sitting at their spots at the counter. Cason had been asking for a real candy cane for weeks. Thank you so much Jenny for giving us some to put in their stockings!
Bryce loves our car keys and always wants them when we are trying to drive which leads to a fit. So I took Cason to Home Depot and let him pick out some fun keys to put in Bryce's stocking for him. He chose a Nemo key, a monkey key, and a red key that lights up. Then Cason wanted his own keys too so I went back another day to get some keys for his stocking that were from Bryce to him.
Giving his stuffed pig a kiss.
After eating breakfast, a lot of Christmas candy, and talking to Grandma B. on Skype, we moved to the playroom to open presents. Cason had a lot of fun opening presents and kept saying things like "oh, I love it!"
This was the closest Bryce got to opening a present I think. I opened it for him and he peeked in the box. He didn't care at all about opening the presents up. I think he walked around playing with his old toys and reading his old books most of the morning. But once we had some new toys set up, he did have fun playing with them.
Kelly got me a Lightscoop since our house is such a cave. It makes a big difference, especially on a cloudy day like yesterday. It's basically a mirror that snaps on my camera in front of my flash. I usually never use flash because it looks terrible in pictures but this reflects the flash up to the ceiling for a much less harsh look. It's not perfect but it makes the difference in a decent picture vs a really crappy one in a poorly lit house. I could tell a big difference between all the pictures I took in the morning before I opened it and the ones I took in the afternoon.
Here is a picture of Bryce peeking out of the laundry room with the Lightscoop.
And this one was taken about 10 seconds later with no Lightscoop, my camera set on auto, no flash. Neither picture is edited at all.
The kids stayed in pajamas all day long and just played. We also talked to Alissa, Dave, and Tate on Skype for the first time ever which was fun. I think the boys really liked it.
After bath. Think his hair is getting too long?
Cason had the most fun with Bryce's presents. He liked his own too but both kids really liked the baseball bat and t-ball thing.
Cason also really likes the Lego barn Bryce got. I'm not sure if Bryce has even noticed it yet!
Kelly wanted to try smoking a whole turkey for dinner. We pretty much neglected thinking about any side dishes when grocery shopping because we were too fixated on our desserts. So the sides were pretty slim at dinner. I made some awesome mint chocolate brownies, Kelly made pumpkin gingerbread bars, and Kelly and Cason made gingerbread boys.
After dinner we went driving around too look at Christmas lights. Our town had a light contest and posted the winners in the local paper so I made a map of the must sees. They were all in pretty much the same area so it worked out great. Three of the houses even had light shows set to music. They had a sign in the front yard telling us what FM radio station to tune to so we could hear the music that accompanied the lights. Some of the houses were really neat. Cason had fun but Bryce was less than impressed. Probably because he is still rear facing in his car seat so he couldn't see as much. Poor kid!
This morning Kelly decided he needed to run a quick 5K so after he got back, Cason helped him stretch. I love this picture!
Then of course Rycie had to get in on the action.
I got Cason The Sweet Smell of Christmas a month or so ago because it was a favorite of mine when I was a kid and who can resist a scratch and sniff book? Ever since he got it, Cason has been asking to make gingerbread boys. So Kelly and the boys made up the dough yesterday and made the cookies this morning. Cason and Kelly decorated them with frosting this afternoon while Bryce napped.
Cason's new saying is "What's the deal with this thing?" and he kept calling the frosting glue. So he kept saying "What's the deal with this glue?" while he was decorating the cookies.
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Sounds like you guys had a great holiday. We went sledding with Jacob, played games and ate and ate and ate! We skyped with Kevin, Annelise and Ashlyn. It was a great weekend.
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