Christmas Day

Christmas morning Alex and Aidan woke up around the same time - they slept in a little bit due to our fun/late activities Christmas Eve. Aidan got a little Pluto stuffed animal in his stocking and some balls that make different sounds.

Alex couldn't wait to see what Santa had brought. Santa left a little pile of presents for Alex by his stocking - but Alex didn't realize they were all for him and was confused that there weren't any tags on them. He said, "How do we know who they're for?" We told him all the ones by his stocking were for him and he got pretty excited. The number one toy he wanted from Santa this year was RC - the Remote Control car from Toy Story.

Aidan sat in his bouncy and enjoyed his new Elmo rattle (from Nana and Papa) and the balls that Santa brought him whilie the rest of us opened presents.

Santa also brought Alex a sled and some new gloves - since Alex lost his after playing in the snow one night. Here he is trying out his sled with the new travel pillow we got him.

Alex couldn't wait to go sledding, so Jon took him to a nearby park and he got to try out his new sled. He had a great time.
Look at him go!

We were supposed to get together with Jon's family on Christmas day, but there was supposed to be a big snow storm, so we postponed it until the Sunday after. We were initially quite disappointed, but ended out having such a relaxing day, that I think we all enjoyed the way it worked out. Plus, we got to extend the Christmas celebrations a little longer. Grandma and Grandpa Gus were so nice to give all the grandkids gift certificates to Wal-Mart - Alex used his (and Aidan's - shhh, don't tell) to get a cool nerf blaster. They also gave Alex a mug that he uses for his hot cocoa. What a fun time.