Christmas 2007

Well all the preparations led to 3 full days of activity. Part of that preparation involved Brad braving the stores on Sunday, December 23rd in search of a camel. Sydney kept saying that all she wanted from Santa was a camel. A Camel??? We are not sure where this came from, but it is what she was telling anyone who asked. So Brad rushed out to contact Santa about the camel requirement- not an easy task as it turned out. But a camel was found & it now spends most of its time just standing around. sigh

Christmas Eve afternoon we went to our Child's Christmas service at church & it was the usual chaos, but I think the kids liked it. Then it was a quick return to home to have dinner with Mom, Graham, Dale, Michele, and Max. Preparing & cleaning is not necessarily fun, but I do love having people to our house on Christmas Eve.


Christmas morning was greeted with some excitement. Sydney & Jason like the presents, but aren't wild about the activity yet. Sydney wasn't tearing into her presents- she approaches it quite methodically, which as my Mom pointed out is quite what I was like growing up. Jason is at the age that you can't rush him. When he opens something- he wants to play with it. So, we staggered his opening & let Sydney do some of it too.


Santa brought Sydney a scooter, Jason a basketball net, & both of them received a 2 tent, 3 tunnel, with centre connector contraption. All gifts seem to be great hits, although Sydney was disappointed to not be able to ride her scooter yet. Jason puts every type of ball through the basketball net & cars too. One of the best things was seeing their reaction to the contraption that took up our entire basement. Brad's reaction was pretty priceless too. My Mom probably still chuckles when she thinks about it.


After presents and breakfast, we kissed Mom goodbye as she headed off to the Robinson Christmas & we headed out to Brad's parents for the day. Graham & Dale got Sydney & Max bikes & wanted to do a big reveal. It was quite funny, because as you can see from the picture Sydney is checking out Max's bike & Max is checking out Sydney's. Jason was not impressed that he was not able to ride Sydney's bike. I am sure that is going to lead to even more battles in the spring. I think it is pretty cool that Sydney has a big girl bike & she is pretty good on it already. Jason was also fascinated by the train that goes around Grandma & Papa's tree. I am not sure if I should be concerned or not about how adept he is with electronic gadgetry things. I do not want a kid that I need to push out the door to play instead of sitting in front of the TV playing video games all day.


On Boxing Day my immediate family came to our house for our celebration. Mom was kind enough to do the turkey for me so I am still a turkey-virgin. Never done one on my own. The kids all seemed to have fun & I enjoyed sitting around and being with my family.