We had a great Christmas Day. I am sure everyone will sleep well when they finally come off their sugar high. Tomorrow might be less enjoyable - we shall see! Merry Christmas!!!!
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Christmas Day
Christmas morning after Midnight Mass is always rough. Last night was rough, maybe the roughest Christmas Eve in awhile. We attended Midnight Mass in Green Bay. We returned home about 2:45 AM. The kids were tired...no, I think its more like T..I..R..E..D! They were pj'ed and sleeping by 3:20 AM. Mom and Dad were able to get to bed about 4 AM. (Too many presents!) The boys slept in until 9 AM - so did a very tired Mom and Dad!!
Our first duty of the day was to see if Santa ate all the cookies and drank the milk. The boys were disappointed when we returned from Mass and there were NO presents yet. While we don't encourage Santa Claus in our house, if the boys want to believe - we let them. I told Stephen that Santa doesn't come to houses with no milk and cookies. SOO, that was the first thing he did as soon his pj's were on. Santa left a note thanking them for their yummy cookies. I heard a rumor that next year he wants chips and beer. I think its just a rumor started by an overly tired elf.
The boys were excited, but took time out to pause for a picture with the present stack. That is NOT all the presents, but a good percentage. This is the last time they sat still all day.
OH how exciting - Blase asked for another Erector set and he got one!! He also received a BB gun and targets. There was plenty of other things too!!
As you can see Stephen made quite a haul too. He loves his new race track and his Hot Wheelers track too. Is it possible for a boy to get everything he loves?? I think Stephen thinks so now!!
Cormac received a treasure box (ammo box), Lego set, bow and arrow toy and FAR too many more gifts. He has walked around all day trying out everyone else's presents as well.
Brech was more worried about opening presents than what he actually was given. He did seem to enjoy all the candy and the Matchbox cars he (and his brothers) received. He did have a great time going through his stocking. Did I mention he loves his candy!!
Rex found a car in his stocking and candy. He also has a nice treasure box, piggy bank with money inside and a homemade quilt with matching pillow. He had lots of other presents to open too. Rex's favorite gift seems to be his Buzz Lightyear Lego set with a Little Green Man too.
I mentioned the boys received LOTS of candy right?? They are bouncing off the ceilings - what goes up has to come down sometime right?
Darren's gifts were mostly ones that he bought. I did manage to slip in a couple of surprises. Among his favorite was a jelly bean dispensing squirrel. The best part is the jelly bean comes out of the rear end. You can eat this poop!
Cormac proved it off the bat. Darren says he wants to take it to work. Who would have thought a few dollar item was the biggest hit of the day.
After breakfast and cleaning up the massive pile of wrapping paper, we headed outside for some fun in the snow. Darren hooked the sleds up to Helga (4-wheeler) for rides around the yard. I think Rex and Brech are contemplating how many wipe outs they will be experiencing. Scary thought!
Here we are getting ready to go. Darren took the first few rounds on the 4-wheeler and then I took over. This is one of our favorite things to do in the wintertime!
I took some action shots while I was driving. This one shows the boys and Darren down a straight away. A whooping 10 mph, but that's scary enough!!
Oh darn - wipe out!!! Rex took the worst hit of this wipe out. He was MAD about it too. After that he won't get back in a sled. Poor guy!
Another action shot. You can't see Darren's face too very well, but he's faking a "scared out of his mind" face.
Coming around the corner. Blase is showing off by not hanging on. If I hadn't been taking a picture I might have tried to dump him. He seemed to get off easy this time. Hardly any wipe outs for him.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Its beginning to look...
A lot like Christmas - everywhere we look!!!
Cormac helping Mom make cinnamon roll cookies.
This is what they look like when they are all done!! YUMMMY
Stephen made Christmas cream cheese mints. He enjoyed making them, but will NOT eat them. He told me he doesn't like minty stuff.
Blase helped make Reese's Chocolate cookies. I knew I was smart to buy that pre-made cookie dough from Blase's cousin Shelby's school. EASY!!
Even outside looks like Christmas should look!!
And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care - in the hopes that Mom doesn't forget stocking stuffers this year!!!
I made the stockings and our friend, Lori, stitched their names on them this year. There is a tiny stocking after Brech's for the new baby. No stocking stuffer for the baby though.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Yesterday's view
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Happy Birthday to Me
Yesterday was my 32nd birthday. It was a great day. The boys and Darren spoiled me, though I did have to make my own supper and my own cake. I suppose that falls under the duties of mom so it shouldn't count right??
Here are the boys while they were singing Happy Birthday to me. They did a great job, with help from their dad. Stephen gets the award for holding the last note the longest. I think he would still be singing if he could.
The boys posing with me and my presents. Blase gave me a collection of cappuccino, Stephen gave me two reed diffuser (one apple spice, the other pumpkin spice), Cormac gave me a new cookie sheet, Rex gave me a Bath and Body Works bubble bath (vanilla), Brech gave me two new non-stick pans (made in the USA - yah!) and Darren gave me a set of Pyrex bowls and pans. From others I received money, a gift card for the spa (yah Courtney you SO earned points this year!!!), another cookie sheet, two round cake pans and a cake pan to make a train cake. There have already been two requests for train cakes for birthdays.
Here is my cake. I didn't have 32 candles, so I used 23 of them to make a 32 on the cake. The cake is called Saucy Chocolate Cake. Darren said the name fit me - the saucy part anyway.
We ran out of time yesterday to have cake, so we are having it today. They sang Happy Birthday again today right after church. Here is the massive flame of candles.
And here is the start of the smoke that came from all those candles. We were worried the smoke alarm would go off. It didn't. Maybe next year??
Darren says I can have my birthday as long as I want......hummmm......
Guests at our Table
We were treated to some visitors the other day. A lovely female Pileated Woodpecker on top and a male Downy Woodpecker on the side. Its not too often that we see both of them on the feeder at the same time.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Mini Me
Brech has been following Stephen around most of this week. They are from the "same mold" in the family. Darren calls them "Roch 2" and "Roch 3" after their Grandpa Bestgen.
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