We had a great Christmas Day! Coulson was so excited about everything. He got the scooter that he wanted, plus a whole lot more. He had his moments: "I want another Christmas present for me!" But overall, he had a great attitude (And if you must ask yourself, "Why wouldn't he have a great attitude, it's Christmas?" then you probably don't have a 3-year-old yet and you haven't experienced the massive and often illogical mood swings of his age group. So yes, we were pleasantly surprised at his wonderful attitude.) Charlie also had a great time playing with his new toys, but he didn't really get into unwrapping his gifts. Luckily for him, his big brother was more than happy to unwrap his gifts. His big brother was also generous enough to test all of Charlie's new toys for him to make sure they worked correctly. And then he demonstrated for Charlie how to play with the toys. Charlie is grateful to have such a wonderful brother.
Casey's parents celebrated Christmas with us, and then his aunts and uncle joined us for a delicious Christmas dinner. Casey made a fabulous prime rib. Plus he did most of the dishes and clean-up. (I helped out when I could, but honestly he did most of it.) So I had a great Christmas Day simply because I have the most wonderful husband in the world! Charlie was taking his nap while we ate and Coulson played his new toys (which is very rare for him to play by himself!), so Casey and I got to eat a full meal with the grown-ups. My kids never cooperate like this - usually Coulson would be trying to climb all over my lap and begging me to "come play with me" and/or Charlie would wake up right as we sat down to eat and refuse to sit in his highchair and thus be reaching for all the wine glasses and steak knives on the table and I wouldn't be able to listen to or participate in any adult conversation. So I consider my dinner a special Christmas gift from my children, but orchestrated by God.
And Coulson was great when he opened presents from the aunts and uncle. Every gift he opened, he exclaimed enthusiastically, "This is just what I've always wanted!" no matter what it was: books, markers, balls or robots. It made the aunts feel great. And the thing is, we never prepped him to say that - it was pure natural excitement. Charlie was sweet to everyone and let the aunts hold him and play with him. I'm still in awe that my kids were so good.
My favorite Christmas present came last night, although it wasn't so great for Casey. A few weeks ago Casey asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I gave him a list, but then I added, "You don't have to get me anything if you would just throw away your Xbox." Let's just say that Casey plays video games more than I would like. Anyway, on Christmas Eve, Casey turns on his Xbox and gets the Red Ring of Death, which basically means that his Xbox died! Of course, this is a problem that can be fixed, but he must send his box away to get fixed and it could take up to a month to get it back. A month! That's great! Well, this wasn't so great for Casey for obvious reasons, but also because his big Christmas gift was an HD-DVD player that plugs into his Xbox so we can watch DVDs in High Definition (I know, I know, it's all the same to me, but apparently the movies are so much better than regular DVDs?) So if his Xbox is dead, he can't use his Christmas present. Well, he found a little trick on the internet that helped him "resurrect" his machine temporarily, for about 4-5 days, but he'll still have to send it in to get completely fixed or replaced. So we were able to try out his Christmas gift and we watched Transformers this evening. I just hope the mail is slow...
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