This will be our fourth Christmas with a little kiddo (or two!) and the family pajama tradition we started at Thomas' first Christmas is still going strong. The first year was dinosaurs, the next two were Christmas patterns, but this was the best year yet!
Star Wars!!! Everything in stores this year is Star Wars thanks to the new movie and we have all been super excited. Thomas and Henry have never even seen the movies (and won't for a few years), but they know the character names, can hum the music and were super jealous of the Millenium Falcon speaker Matt bought me. (Is Eliza giving us the side-eye in the background again because we didn't get her pajamas??)
The boys helped me decide on the pajamas this year. We went to the store with every intention of getting Christmas themed ones, but they were all kinda lame. And then we found these Darth Vader pj's and the boys kinda flipped out. And when I found the adult sized costumes, it was a done deal.
I also had every intention of making cinnamon rolls last night to bake this morning, but somehow I lost track of time yesterday amidst all of the fun. So I quick(er) recipes and decided on donut holes. Matt ate way too many, but they just weren't quite what I was expecting. My dad used to make donut holes for us when we were kids and these weren't as good as I remembered. Oh well, next time! On the bright side, I had a Millenium Falcon jamming tunes for me - look at the awesome blue glow coming out the back!
Vader #2 apparently thought I was taking too long to finish breakfast. I think the rebel army would have had much better luck if the real Vader threw temper tantrums when he wasn't getting his way.
I think he was attempting to use the force to get more donut holes. It didn't work. You obviously need more training, son...
Vader #1, on the other hand, was ordering me around. "Stormtrooper, I need milk!" It was kinda hysterical, but also where did this attitude come from? Maybe it came with the outfit...?
The boys quickly learned that protection is critical when their Dadda is flying the quadcopter. I'm not judging, I was wishing my hard hat wasn't way out in the garage...!
Finally time to finish up with the Christmas stockings. This year "Santa" didn't wrap anything in the stockings and managed to jam pack these giant things. When Grannie was here, I requested smaller ones because they would be easier to fill up. Henry's strap broke when I tried to hang it up because it weighed too much. Obviously I need to be forced to cut back on stocking stuffers...!
Same as last year, the boys were super excited for snacks, silverware and bath stuff. Stockings are so easy at this age!
Their favorite gift from the night before was definitely this indoor hockey set Aunt Theresa sent them. And two Vaders running around playing hockey was pretty ridiculously adorable.
Also, Vaders playing music was pretty adorable. Pretty much everything they did today was ridiculously adorable!
Even stealing chips! Matt was handing Henry chips to snack on, but when his Dadda looked away, Henry stuck his hand in the bag and fished out his own. And didn't look the least bit guilty about it!
Heather and Mom did the cooking for Christmas dinner - a Tex-Mex bonanza of food! So nice not to have to cook on occasion!
The Elam's even came over to hang out! We figured Thomas was safe to be around since he had been on his eye drops for 24 hours. He was pretty excited to have his favorite play mate over! We got the bounce house right when Abby broke her arm, so she hadn't had a chance to jump on it yet. They all piled on to ride the house up when I turned it on.
They had so much fun on it! The boys had a little bit of trouble climbing up the ramp in their footed pajamas, but the kids figured out how to get everyone up with a little teamwork. Their adorableness kills me sometimes! :)
Merry Christmas everybody! Hope you all had a great day as well!