Christmas Day

I thought with the excitement of it finally being Christmas that Miles would get the day started super early, but he actually slept until his normal time of somewhere around 6:30. I think Oliver was awake before Miles, which has been the case lately.

We didn't do much on Christmas Day. We opened our presents, ate our traditional breakfast casserole, played with our new toys, watched the snow fall, and ate a yummy ham dinner. It was a nice relaxing day. That evening we decided to venture out in the snow to look at Christmas lights, but our trip didn't last long when we got stuck going up a hill and were forced in to turning around and going back down the hill. It was an adventure!

Our cute little elves!

Opening presents

Miles was super excited to get this book

A big truck and tractor from Grandma

Oliver checking out his gift from Miles

Santa brought Oliver a drum

Santa brought Miles a trash truck

Miles was so excited about the gift he got for me - a very beautiful necklace with matching earrings

New cooling racks!

New shoes!

Miles' stocking stuffers

Oliver's stocking stuffers

Playing with his new toys

Watching the snow fall

Our present theme this year was "useful things." The boys already have tons of toys and we've been frustrated with the way Miles has been treating his toys lately, so we decided not to buy lots of toys. They both got a couple of toys, but manly they got things they needed. Miles got new church clothes, pants because his all have worn out knees, and a couple of books. Oliver got warm pajamas, sippy cups so we can wean him off the bottle, and spoons, forks, and a bowl so he can start learning to feed himself. I got useful things for the kitchen like cooling racks and nice metal measuring spoons. Dave got new tennis shoes because his old ones had holes in them and were falling apart. We also got money and gift cards from our wonderful extended family.

Even though I wish we could've spent the holiday with extended family, it was nice to have a low-key celebration at home. We definitely are very blessed!

These three boys mean the world to me and I'm so lucky that they are mine! It brings me such joy to experience holidays like Christmas with Miles and Oliver. Kids make everything more exciting!