Christmas

Christmas crept up on us this year, I picked up a bunch of lactation hours for December and the hubby was extra busy at work too. By the time Christmas rolled around I wasn't really excited about it. So what do you do to get in the holiday spirit? Get a tree, decorate it while cooking something delicious (beef soup that night) and listen to holiday music. 
That did the trick and the boys loved the tree, E-man helped test the lights and hang ornaments. Little Buddy ran around excitedly, inspecting ornaments but he lost interest pretty quickly. 
Christmas is a little strange for us because there is no way to know what the boys understand. For example, Santa might just be a big red dude who shows up at parties for them. E-man loves him though, his preschool teacher sent me pictures of him sitting on his lap all excited. LB hasn't shown much interest but it was the same with E-man a few years ago. I don't think we will go out of our way to sell the whole Santa idea anyway. For two kids who can be quite literal convincing them that Santa is real then later having to explain that he's not and that they can't tell other kids seems like it would just be confusing. So we will just enjoy the jolly man who likes to party.
We also did gifts a little differently this year. Instead of wrapping up everything we set it all up so that when they walked out of their rooms the living room had a bunch of cool stuff in it. To them a wrapped box doesn't mean much and neither of the boys find much excitement in unwrapping a gift. After setting it all up I videotaped them waking up and walking in the living room, it was adorable.
In addition to our Christmas at home there were three holiday gatherings we attended this year. Lots of effort was made by grandparents to E-man proof their houses. It was sooooo very much appreciated. It's always a lot of work to go to any get together with the kids but the extra security measures made it easier and more enjoyable to just hang out. 
The holidays seemed to be a hit this year and I really enjoyed the time off Martin and I had together. I'm hoping to keep up my blogging a little more in the future, thanks for sticking around and reading about our little family. Hope all of you have a wonderful 2014.