Growing up we had an album of random Christmas songs that we played over and over on our little black and white record player. One of our favorite songs on the album was "Its the Day Before the Night Before Christmas". It was the best because of course when that day arrived, it meant only two more sleeps until Christmas morning. Well, Saturday morning, December 23rd arrived this year and the first thing I heard was Luke wandering around the house yelling something repeatedly. It took me a minute to figure out what he was saying, but finally realized he was yelling "It's Christmas Eve tomorrow everybody". Clearly he understood the importance of the day.
We invited Grandma and Grandpa Whitesides down to spend the afternoon together and the kids were thrilled when they arrived with presents. Ruby got a castle which is perfect for play. She begged Tim to put it together and then she, Luke and Grandma immediately crawled in for some stories. It has quickly become the favorite spot for stories, movies, and all sorts of make believe.
Luke's present arrived a few days later but he has absolutely loved his light up Lego car. Tim is becoming quite the pro at Legos with all of Luke's new toys. The older the kids get, the more we really miss the days of Duplo blocks. Those are more at our building level.
We were excited to give Grandma and Grandpa their gifts.
New coats for everyone.
A few days earlier I had been talking to the kids about when we were going to build their ginger bread houses. I said we could do them on our own on Friday, or wait and build with Grandma and Grandpa on Saturday. They didn't even have to think about the options, they definitely wanted to wait for Grandma and Grandpa. I had bought the kits earlier at Costco and they worked out perfectly - they were pre-assembled so we could just focus on the candy and making our houses look amazing. We had the best afternoon together and were so grateful to be able to spend the time with Grandma and Grandpa Whitesides for an early Christmas celebration.
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