The Lego Christmas

Christian LOVES lego's. So much so that it was 90% of his Christmas list. Since he was a good boy, Santa brought him a 8 lego sets and 5 Lego games! This does not include the Hero Factory figures, Trio's and Transformers that you have to put together. On Christmas day alone, he spent 10 hours putting 7 sets of lego's together with over 2000 pieces. He barely ate, he barely used the bathroom, he just did Lego's and spent the day in his Jammies. He is still playing with his lego's and getting into the smaller sets that you can remake into different things. I came home from work and he was playing in his Jammies with Star Wars Legos all by himself and he was having a great adventure. Though I think General Grievous and the Droids were a little embarrassed to be seen being played with by a 7-year-old. They grow up so fast, one day they are in the box, the next a kid is making them play all kinds of crazy adventures. Christian seemed a little sheepish about me seeing him play with toys. He's not even a teenager yet!

Christmas at Grandma's was fun for him as well. He got to go to Monkey Business, which is a giant indoor play area, twice and go crazy on all the climbing equipment. He was going so fast the younger kids had a hard time keeping up. We were able to go into a 2nd play area which had different bouncy's for the kids to try. Christian ended up hot, red-faced and sweaty both times, but he enjoyed it. We also stopped by the pet shop in the mall to check out the animals. He loved the fish and bunnies, but hated the snakes and birds. The snakes because they were gross and the birds because they screamed.

Back home was recuperating time after 1 more holiday. They crashed on Thursday. Christian went to bed at 8 exhausted, but he was determined to stay up for new years. He made it to almost 11:30, but his tiredness overtook him, just too much travel and fun. He seems to have recovered and is ready to go back to school as his Mama's post said.

Crazy Crazy Crazy

It’s been one long vacation filled with visits here and there, bouts of sickness and loads of glee, but the kids made it. They spent one last day with me yesterday, and they were wonderful. Ollie played upstairs while Tori hung out downstairs watching one show after another.

Eli ran around the house all day, playing with things he shouldn’t as well as his new toys. They got up this morning with some tugging, but by 6:30, they were ready to go! Ollie and Tori were all ready for before care and Eli couldn’t wait to play with the girls at Sharon’s. Mom and Dad are also glad to be back at work and glad to get the rest of the trash out of the garage, including the recyclable cans—those went to PAWS to help out the shelter animals.

Christian The Penguin

This past weekend in the snow, along with the usual snow man and angel making, Christian decided he was going to be like the Penguins of Madagascar. He succeeded several times, here's one of his runs.

I think his parents need to buy him a sled!

Eerily Quiet

Christmas is nearly a week away, and the kids are amazingly quiet about it. No crossing off days on the calendar, no looking around for presents, no real requests for presents. It's very weird. Maybe next week will kick them into the spirit with the Winter Holiday class parties on Tuesday and all of the preparations. Maybe they are just trying to be good so Santa will visit.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Uncle Frank came down with his girlfriend Annie, her daughter Destiny and his son Keaton, and the fun started. The kids played well together all over the house. Very few toys or games weren’t touched, and they wore each other out. By the time night fell, they all fell asleep rather quickly, even Eli.

The five of them also ate like little pigs. I clearly should have made more cookies and snacks. Next year I will know. Their tummies fill quickly and empty fast!

Grandparents Day

Grandma Vickie woke up sick, so Aunt Annie and her friend Schlindler, or “Sara,” visited Ollie and Tori today. Sara sat with Tori for the first half and Annie with Ollie, and then they traded. Sara had a good time playing BINGO with Ollie, while Tori and Annie did other things down the hall. It sounds like the two had a good time with their “grandparents.” A big thanks to the girls!

Hot Temper

Christian has one, and it came out this morning when a classmate pushed him. Instead of telling the teacher, he punched his classmate in the nose. The two were sent to the office and are missing recess today. He's going to be in a foul mood for sure!

Brain

We went to parent-teacher conferences last night, and Christian is right on schedule. Things come easily for him as his teacher remarked. He tested high on everything and his moving right along. He also lost another tooth and cannot wait to spend some of that Tooth Fairy money this weekend. He's got his eye on a Lego Advent calendar. Go figure!

Big Changes

Big changes are in store for Christian and his brother and sister. Grandma Vickie is moving in this weekend to help us out and to be helped out. She has had COPD for some time now, and it has taken a toll on her physically and financially. The kids are looking forward to having another adult in the house to talk to, especially Christian, who has grown rather fond of his grandma. He likes to watch her play video games and tell her about all of his Legos.

Huts and I are also looking forward to having another adult in the house to help with things like opening soda cans and juice boxes and teaching Tori her letters. It’s amazing how often you could use another pair of hands when you have three kids afoot, especially a 2-year-old who refuses to wait for anything.

Anyway, this should be a very busy weekend and the start of a multigenerational family.

You Lied!

Christian takes things very literally, so this weekend when the sleepover did not happen because of illness and Grandma did not show up, he accused me of lying not once but twice. It didn't matter that the little boy was sick. it didn't matter that Grandma had things to get done. I just lied to him. This weekend we are hoping for it all to take place. Maybe that will make Christian happy and i won't be such a liar!