What a busy couple of weeks it has been! Gabe had a 2nd Grade Christmas production at his school on the 19th. All the second graders did a wonderful job and were so cute. We saw our friends there and their daughter Madison sat with "her Drew" for a few minutes.
How cute is she!!!
The lighting is terrible in the school gym so my pictures didn't turn out too well but you can see that Gabe was happy to be there. They had worked so hard for weeks on their songs and we were so proud of them.
Another night, just as we were putting Gabe to bed the doorbell rang. Jeff opened the door and look who was standing there with candy canes for everyone!
That was such a special treat! (Don't tell Gabe but it was Wayne, our neighbor from a few doors down! He had been playing Santa at his church and thought he would surprise the boys!) He came in and handed out his candy canes and even took Gabe's letter that we hadn't mailed yet. Gabe wasn't sure what to think of it all but he was so excited.
Then the boys got out of school for Christmas break. And then Gabe got the flu. Poor guy. He has to take meds that he can't stand. Can hardly get them down. He's finally getting better but he's been so pitiful.
And then it was Christmas Eve! The boys made Christmas cookies so they could leave some for Santa. Gabe got his own bowls of icing since he was sick.
After they finished making cookies, Drew and I went to my sister's house for dinner and exchanged gifts with family. Since Jeff and Gabe couldn't go, we Skyped them and opened gifts together. It was fun. The boys got a cool "Nerf"-type shot gun that cracks open and ejects the shells just like a real shot gun. Even Jeff has had fun playing with that one! We had a wonderful dinner of ham, mashed potatoes and lima beans. And of course the traditional birthday cake for Jesus for dessert!
Then everyone finally got to bed for the night only to get up at 6:00am to see what Santa brought.
Drew got an Ipod Touch! He thought he was getting a new Ipod Nano but Santa had other plans. His best friend got one too so they can use "Facetime" and watch movies.
Gabe got lots of Iron Man stuff including both movies.
Here was the Christmas aftermath.
And we got a white Christmas! Sorta. It started snowing late Christmas Day and this is what we woke up to on Sunday.
We measured about 4 1/2 inches on the deck. The boys didn't play in it. They had gotten money and gift cards for Christmas that were burning a hole in their pockets (this includes Jeff!). Once we knew the roads were okay, we made our way to the mall and Lowe's Home Improvement. The little boys got new Lego sets at half off. And the big boy got a new set of drills with a free battery.
Here are me and the little boys putting together lots of Star Wars Lego sets.
I hope your Christmas has been all you wanted it to be and more.
3 comments:
Mom, you are a true trooper when it comes to the Legos!
I really hated Gabe was sick and had to stay home. It just wasn't the same without Gabe & Jeff. But isn't Skype cool?
A big "thank you" shout-out to our friend Dixie for the suggestion to Skype opening the presents since we couldn't all be together!
Nice job condensing our last few days Amy. You rock. 3 boys pulling you in 6 different directions for the last two days. Thanks for all you do for us. And thanks for your patience with all of us. We love you!
The Boys
OK, now that the big boy has two new drills, what's on the "Daddy do list"?
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