December 30, 2012
Dear Family and Friends,
How can I not try and write about Christmas... it was such a
great week.
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B-man was so excited for his footed jammies. |
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Ready to go downstairs... |
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RM loves his new trains. |
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Trying to keep B-man company. |
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B-man not feeling good. |
Christmas morning the boys woke up a little before
seven.
We made sure that they all had
their beds made and had brushed their hair and their teeth before they could
line up on the stairs.
We took the
required pictures, and then let the boys go.
I think they were all pretty happy about what Santa brought them.
B-man seemed the most subdued (which is
unusual for him) and after an hour or so, I realized that he was running a
fever.
He had what the rest of us had
been fighting the last few weeks.
That
made him very subdued.
We always open
things very slowly, and since Santa brought him Heelies and a rip stick,
neither of those work with a sore achy body.
After breakfast of orange rolls and hot chocolate we let him open up a
book so that he could at least read and have something to do.
The rest of the day was so pleasant and
relaxed.
M delivered many loaves of his
great bread to families in the ward.
The
little boys loved playing with their new trains, and B-man was happy on the
couch.
He even fell asleep and slept for
several hours while we were around and playing.
In the afternoon we realized we should probably open the rest of the
presents.
We took our time about it and
had a great afternoon.
The boys were so
cute about everything.
We loved being
able to video chat with lots of family from all over.
Sometime during the late afternoon we
realized that RM's fever had also returned the poor fellow.
We didn't want to take our germs to Christmas
dinner, so we let B-man and RM stay home and watch a movie while we went to our
friends for dinner.
They live one block
away, and we were in almost constant contact with B-man so we knew they were
okay.
Dinner was wonderful, with some
great conversation.
Then we came home to
get people in bed.
RM had already fallen
asleep on the floor actually.
The next day B-man and RM were still running a fever.
He stayed pretty happy reading all of his new
books, and hanging out with the family.
It was a quiet day where everyone was happy to just play and enjoy their
new things.
M started swimming at a gym
close by.
I believe we also got more snow.
That night M had to work.
Thursday everyone seemed to be healthy, but we were not
going to take any chances.
M went
swimming on his way home from work that day.
He went to bed, and we had a good time just being together.
After
dinner that night M had to go back to work again.
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The boys wanted a "crazy" picture. |
Friday I had decided that we were going to have some
fun.
Everyone was fever free for more
than a day, and we needed to get out of the house and have some fun.
M came home and went to bed.
Then after RM's nap we got ready for our
"adventure."
That's what we
call it for J.
J of course was very
happy to help pack up some snacks for our adventure.
We have certain things that we save for when
we are on adventures, like fruit snacks.
He packed up the bag and even threw in some extra water bottles for
us.
Then we were off.
We headed first to the National Botanical
Gardens.
They have some model trains
going through beautiful displays.
Or at
least that's what we have heard.
The
line was too long and it was too close to closing so we missed that room.
But we did explore all of the other gardens
and we were able to peak in and see quite a bit of it on our own.
We were okay about not waiting in the
line.
We also managed to lose J several
times, and finally buckled him into the stroller.
The place was packed, but there were some
very beautiful plants there.
After the
Botanical Gardens we packed up and headed to Cafe Rio for dinner.
The boys were all hungry and happy to
eat.
I am so happy that Cafe Rio is now
in our area.
Not super close yet, but it
is doable with some planning.
After
dinner we headed to the temple to see the Christmas lights.
The temple looked beautiful, and the little
boys were just in awe.
They kept asking
and wanting to go inside, and it's hard to explain to a three year old and two
year old why they can't.
After the
temple lights we then headed home.
B-man
and J fell asleep on the way home, but RM was happy to be awake.
I introduced the boys to Jny Cash on the
trip, and they all loved him.
How could
they not.
J kept asking "Who sings
this song?"
And when I would say
"Jny Cash!"
He would say,
"Me?!"
It was very cute.
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B-man loved the tree in the background. |
Saturday was a quiet day again.
B-man played with his friends and not much
was going on.
That night M and I got a
babysitter and went to see "Les Miserables."
A family in our ward had given us tickets to
see it in the theatre.
It was such a
thoughtful gift!
We happened to be right
behind some friends in line to get seated and had a great chat with them.
We both loved the movie, loved it a lot!
I planned ahead and was grateful for my
tissues.
I am sure the sixteen year old
boy next to me was very confused why I was using it so much.
Sunday was one of M' longest days. He had the last of tithing settlement and
didn't get home until very late. We were
all happy when he got home and we were able to eat dinner.
We love you all!
The C Crew
1 comment:
b-man is getting so tall and handsome!
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