Christmas Thoughts

I’ve been so sporadic in my blogging, I thought I’d put together some of my random thoughts and observations from the last few days. Amber will have pictures posted on Yahoo – check her blog for a link.

Christmas Eve was a very busy day – two church services and a family dinner, followed by presents and a bit of fight to get two little guys to bed.

A 18-month old girl will be totally overwhelmed, frightened, and at the same time fascinated by five older boys – all under 6 years old.

Apparently the job of McInnis Clan Chief has been open for hundreds of years – my Dad has decided to apply and try to get the ancestral castle.

We got our latest custom art piece on Saturday. A pencil drawing of Josh to go with the matching one of Daniel. Soooo cute.

Josh loves our neighbours’ big dog on the other side of the fence. Every time we go outside he goes and yells, “Hi Kudo! Good morning Kudo! Merry Christmas Kudo!” He also loves Grandma and Grandpa’s little Bijou. However, he was quite frightened of the little Bichon Frise that joined us for our Christmas Eve dinner.

We had family coming over at 7:30 Christmas morning to open presents, but the boys slept through the night and we had to wake them up at 7:20.

Daniel got a huge stuffed polar bear that was “wrapped” in a white garbage bag. He ripped a little hole and saw the long white hair and called out, “Bijou!” When we told him it wasn’t Bijou he was confused but kept ripping. The way it was stuffed in the bag and the way he was ripping caused the bear to kind of jump out of the bag. Daniel screamed and ran to hide behind Grandma. I don’t know what trauma he’s been through that had led him to believe we would stuff a vicious live animal in a bag and give it to him for a present.

The boys got pretty blue and gold Chinese pajamas that they changed into early Christmas morning. They lasted almost 6 hours. Josh laid down for a nap after lunch and when he woke up the crotch was shredded from knee to knee. Polyester doesn’t stretch as well as his normal comfy cotton pajamas.

The boys got a pink Dora tent, green high heels, and a blue feather boa.

Daniel ate about 5 pounds of candy Christmas morning, but still managed to do very well with his turkey, jello salad, and broccoli for supper

Josh ate marshmallows.

Going to the zoo on Boxing Day was a great idea. There were very few people and the boys could run.

Josh is afraid of imaginary bugs or snakes or something. We were at the zoo in the tropical rainforest area. The first time was hilarious when he pointed at nothing and screamed and grabbed Amber’s leg. She jumped just as much as him. It got weird when he kept doing it though.

This was our first Christmas in our own place since we got married almost 7 years ago. Loved it.