Merry Christmas!

Ah, what a nice day. This Christmas will go down in the books as the most relaxed Christmas I can remember. We're usually in 4 different places for the day but this year we started and ended at home (with a nice family dinner at the in-laws in the middle of the day).

 

Our Christmas actually started yesterday with breakfast at the Cracker Barrel with my family, followed by festivities, gift openings, the traditional Polish supper, and Christmas Eve mass. Some of the presents we got at my parents' house: guitars, Legos, DS games, Wii game. Dana and Nate got us a 1-year membership (not to the jelly of the month club) to the Altoona Railroaders Museum and Horseshoe Curve - can't wait to use it!

Me and Jude waiting for our breakfasts (peach pancakes are always my fave pick at Cracker B)

Aidan eating his Cheerios (and maybe, just maybe using them as boulders to fill up his dump truck)



Jude waiting to see Santa. He never really wanted to see Santa, but Jude decided he wanted to do it this year, so we did!

My boys were happy to take Aidan on a train ride at the mall. It's hard to believe we used to have to pull Jackson away from this train; now we had to twist his arm to ride it.

Aidan looking so intensely at Santa

The mall tree

Ready to head out to church

When we got home from church we found a box at our door step. It was from our friends, Paolo and Stefania from Italy. They sent a box of delicacies from Parma, their hometown!

PARMesan Cheese!

Today was a nice day full of lots and lots (and lots) of wrapping paper. Kinda looked like Hallmark threw up in our living room, Grammy Linda's living room, everywhere, but the kids were as happy as could be.

Santa arrived!

 The boys got a joint gift: A Nerf racing wheel for the Wii and the movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

 Jackson is a happy camper in his room with his new iPod dock/radio/alarm clock

 Trucks will always make this little man happy! He's playing with it as I write this blog post.

 Jude's squirrel - he found it hiding in the tree (he did a small reenactment of Christmas Vacation when the squirrel jumps out of the Christmas tree).

Jackson got a nice selection of books this year. Included in the bunch: Diary of a Wimpy Kid (the 3rd Wheel), Dragonbreath, and I Funny.

Once we opened our gifts from Santa, we went next door to Grammy Linda's house for lunch and more presents. Somehow I managed to not get 1 photo of our time at Grammy Linda's???? We had a delicious lunch after we opened presents. Some of the goods received: gift cards, games, Legos, books, workbooks, science kit, a marble run, Angry Bird stuff, so much stuff I can't even remember.

We've spent the evening enjoying, building, playing, building, relaxing, and eating cookies!

Although there are many post-holiday sales shouting my name, we're in for 2 days of crappy weather, so it looks like some more of the good stuff we had today!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2012