Every year as it nears closer to Christmas we get that worried feeling wondering if Santa will be able to provide our boys with the presents they have asked for. Will they have a Christmas that they’re happy with? Money is always tight and each year a new set of challenges present themselves. However, every year our kids have experienced great Christmas’s and when we walk downstairs Christmas morning and see all the wrapped gifts under the tree we think, “did Santa actually go a little overboard?” This year was no different and the results the same.
Hunter got a ton of great gifts including all the spy equipment that he could ever wish for; he says he has an actual military spy watch, more transformers bringing is total to too many, puzzles, games, racing matchbox cars; the ones like on Fast and Furious because these are the only ones he will play with, he is very peculiar when it comes to his racing cars, and a Tony Hawk bike, helmet and ramps to do cool tricks on from Mommy and Daddy. Zander’s Christmas was a little lighter this year because frankly he could really care less about all the gifts that he got and already has. The kid only likes going through the bathroom drawer in search of his toothpaste and tooth brush or going through the cupboards in search of the syrup, everything else might as well not even be in the house. He did make out pretty well with the gifts that he did get, his monster truck that sings and makes cool noises, a cool racecar track, Little People Airport, a scooter, and some other little toys. But Zander’s favorite gift by far is his vacuum he scored from Grandma and Grandpa Folgmann. The kid is a freak when it comes to vacuuming. He tries to confiscate my vacuum all the time. I just wish the darn thing actually worked because Zander has vacuumed here, there and everywhere. My house could be the cleanest house on the block, but sadly Zander’s vacuum just makes the noise so my house still remains a little on the messy side.
Me, I scored pretty well on Christmas too. Jason got me my cool new boots that make me feel like I am 20 again and I strut around with my jeans tucked in them feeling like I have a little fashion sense even though I am a Mom in my 30′s. Hunter picked me out a sparkly, gorgeous bracelet that was $8 (Jason told me), Hunter actually asked the store clerk if they had the bracelet in purple because that is his mommy’s favorite color but they didn’t (brought tears to my eyes when I heard this, he’s so sweet!), so my bracelet is pink, blue and light green and it sparkles like crazy, this is why Hunter picked it out for me. He also picked me out a brand new Fossil watch that has sparkly’s on it too. Does my boy know me or what? I have always like glitter and stuff that sparkles!
Jason got a gift certificate for Cabela’s from me, which again was all wrong when I should have just gotten him one to Gander Mountain, but what is Christmas without me screwing up his gift. You see there is no way I would even try to guess what to get Jason. I really wanted to buy him some new shoes that he has forever been in search for, but how in the world would I be able to find him shoes without him with me when he can’t find shoes that he likes how they look and feel with trying on 100′s of pairs in 100 different stores? Impossible. And if you think I could just pick something out for him for hunting, HA, not a chance. So I feel that a gift certificate is a safe gift because then he can choose what he wants, but then I get the store wrong, oh well! Hunter got Jason a portable ping pong net set because we don’t have a ping pong table and we know Jason loves to play ping pong. I don’t know if Hunter got this gift more for him or for Jason. The net is set up on our kitchen table so when anybody gets the urge to play a little ping pong it’s already set up. Pretty cool huh?!?
I added thee photos after the fact because when I ran out of space originally it deleted all my photos from this post. They’re not in the order I had them but I imagine these are most of the photos I added to the blog.
Milk and cookies for Santa and a few snacks for the reindeer
Our stockings are hung by the chimney with care…
Santa will have to use his magic key to get in our house though,
there ain’t no coming down the chimney here!
Santa will have to use his magic key to get in our house though,
there ain’t no coming down the chimney here!
Zander loving his Monster Truck
Hunter’s new super fast sled from Santa
Spy glasses that can see in the dark!
Zander and his favorite gift, his very own vacuum
All that vacuuming makes you thirsty!
Hunter with his new Tony Hawk bike – he also got ramps to do tricks on
Even the dogs get tired playing hard on Christmas morning!
Hunter with his letter that Santa wrote him
and Santa used Hunter’s candy cane pen, oh he was sooooo excited!!
and Santa used Hunter’s candy cane pen, oh he was sooooo excited!!
Playing ping pong on the kitchen table
Zander getting in on the action!
Can’t keep Zander off of the table wanting to play ping pong
even in his diaper!
even in his diaper!
And for Christmas dinner, this gorgeous bird~
I had to take a picture of it because I could not believe how pretty it turned out!
I had to take a picture of it because I could not believe how pretty it turned out!
We hope all our friends, family and those we don’t know enjoyed a joyfully fun holiday season.
May your blessings be abundant during 2011!
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