We had a lovely Christmas at home this year with the kids. We cooked a fancy Christmas Eve dinner of steak, baked potatoes, cooked apples, rolls, and green beans. We even ate on the china and sat at the dining room table with candles. The boys loved it! After dinner we got the boys in their pj's and headed out to the front yard to throw out some reindeer food for Santa and his team. Jace loved being outside and seeing all the Christmas lights and night! Tyson was very excited that Santa was coming and finally understood a little about what was going on this year. He sat on his lap at the mall earlier in the month and told him he wanted a bicycle. We had fun helping Tyson put out the milk and cookies (oreos, Santa's favorite!), and checking the stockings to see that they were empty on Christmas Eve.
We actually got tired of waiting for Tyson to wake up on Christmas morning, and got him out of bed at almost 8 am! He just smiled and said, oh, a bike!! Then he got down to business and rode that thing in circles around the house for the rest of the morning! He loves his bike and new helmet so much, and can't wait to get them outside for a proper ride.
This picture of Jace just warms my heart. He has very recently become much more attached to one of the blankets in his crib. Since I was a "blankie" girl myself, I love seeing the little guy toddle around loving on his blanket too:) Of course he wanted the bike for himself, since he thinks he is big like his brother!
Just a random shot of opening gifts. One of the few with both boys in the picture. My camera actually died half way through the morning and I had to go charge the battery a bit and caught a little action at the end. Jace was really getting into the un-wrapping and both boys would help each other unwrap their gifts. They had a little trouble understanding what belonged to who, and we spent a good amount of time breaking up fights and explaining who got what. They both love everything though and are doing better now at just sharing most of it. We had cinnamon rolls and coffee, and also hot cider and listened to Christmas music all morning. Silas and I really enjoyed the morning and just watching the boys play and being together as a family. It is definitely a blessing to be able to make these memories together:)
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