Sorry that I've been online for a week- Eric, Vake and I have ALL had horrible rounds of the flu and colds- mine was especially fun- it was this terrible cough that got me so sick I missed a day of work- that's really unusual for me to feel that bad.On top of it all, we had Santa's workshop open for Eric. Here was the hardware kit for the play kitchen.
And Eric's face when he realized that there were 2 and a half hours of his life that were going to be devoted to the construction of the pint sized kitchen instead of relaxing.
But he got it put together...
...bit by bit...
Finally it was done- so funny that we can still "hide" presents in plain sight- we threw a throw blanket over this and Vake ran past it for three days.
As it turned out, it was a good call to build it a little early- on Christmas Eve, we went as a family (plus Neil, Louise and Louise's friend Edith) to church at 4:00. I thought I was Mom-of-the-Year for bringing books and lollipops. Eric disagrees- he was not impressed that his son was reading aloud from the "dog book" during the middle of the sermon. The music was fantastic, though...
After church we had dinner at Grandmary's house- deliciousness.
Complete with a buche de noel for dessert.
Then we went home to our house and Vake and Erico wrote to Santa.
It's always more fun to do an activity with D-A-D.
Then we got Santa his chexmix and cookies and some nice scotch...
...left our note...
...and went to bed.
The presents came out of hiding.
And thank GOd for Uncle Dennis and his patience in unwrapping all the play food.
There were so many toys it was obscene. Truly. And I am known for my ability to be a little excessive.
Vake had no idea why we were going downstairs on Christmas morning.
But he took off running the second he saw the toys- especially Grandmary's gift of a tricycle!
he's still got a little more growing to do!
He loved the kitchen.
And his guitar from his Uncle Neil was a huge hit,
And as requested, there was a firetruck.
Aunt Anne and Uncle Dennis gave him a shopping cart- oh my goodness!!!!
And when it was all over, there was jumping in the wrapping paper- please ignore Mama's concerned expression in the background.
And of course, it's important to clean up and how better to do it than with the new dustbuster from Uncle Brook.
Then we had a tea party.
And read some of our new books.
Vake was busy busy busy all day long!!!!!
And we topped it all off with a delicious Christmas FEAST courtesy of Daddy!!!Yay Christmas!!!!
To everyone in blogosphere: For the record, the Dustbuster was given by request!
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Is that a Kidkraft kitchen? Clay got one similar for xmas and the hardware pack looks very familiar. Took Bob and his dad 2.5 hours to put together and definitely some frustration involved along the way. luckily clay loves it and had been cooking nonstop since he got it.
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