It may not have been obvious from my post yesterday, but I love the little dinosaur almost as much as the boys do:
And I put him to work helping me make a gingerbread cake for my parents who would be arriving later today! He wasn't quite as helpful as the boys, but he also didn't make a mess... ;)
Another holiday and unfortunately I was back having to sit at the computer periodically. Luckily, I had plenty of help this time to make a proper Christmas Eve fondue dinner! The nice part of a big kitchen is that you can fit plenty of helpers in there!
The gingerbread cake Rexy & I made. Unfortunately, my crap-tastic oven decided to burn the top of it and I may have said some very nasty things about how useless it is. It has really been a pain lately. It will burn the top of something and the middle is still raw. I am not a bad baker, this is clearly an equipment issue...!
This little guy pretty much just asked for Legos. For awhile, he told me all he wanted for Christmas was me (after listening to the All I Want for Christmas is You song), but later amended it to be: Me, Matt, Henry and Legos. He really had his heart set on this space shuttle kit and it was discontinued not long after he told Nonni about it. Luckily Nonni and I were able to track one down for not too much more than it would have originally cost. Worth it for that smile!
Henry got a wider assortment of gifts since he was less vocal about what he wanted. But apart from the DVD, Lincoln Logs, etc - he also got a bunch of Legos. We are apparently a Lego family now... (Can I amend the "No Shoes in the House" rule??).
Heather went to Bali this year and bought most of us gifts from there. Mom was pretty excited about this hand carved elephant piece. I didn't get a picture of it, but Heather bought Matt a Digeridoo from Bali as well. Side note - he absolutely loves it, but I had no idea she hated me. ;)
But we had to save the biggest for last. Matt had to have Eric come help him to even get this present in the house and it took several rolls of wrapping paper to cover it. I had no clue what it was and it was driving Matt crazy that I wouldn't even guess. Dad was giving Matt a hard time about how they managed to fit a motorcycle in a box of that size. Ha!
When the time finally came to open the giant box, I had two helpers to get it open.
And what was this awesomely large present...?!?
A new oven!!!! Aaaaaahhhhhh!!! I was so excited when I realized what it was! Matt has told me several times how it would be hard to find a replacement because it's a microwave / oven unit. But he found one and it is beautiful and I am sooooo excited to get this thing installed and put it to work! No more burned gingerbread cakes in this house!