This year for Christmas we stayed down at Grandpa and Grandma Wilde's for the week of Christmas. Adahleigh and Charles both enjoyed the time they were able to spend with their Grandparents and Aunts (Especially Pete, since she was the most interactive with them). The only downside of being down there was how cold it was, about 20 degrees colder than Pokey. It did make for a white Christmas though since it never got above 20F, so the snow that had fallen couldn't melt, this made Ash's Christmas even though she didn't go out and play in it.
Some of the highlights of the week was finding the van we wanted, taking everyone out to Willard Bay to see the Christmas lights they put up there, and of course just being with family.
We let everyone out of their carseats while seeing the Christmas lights, since it was just in a campground where they're set up and there were so many cars there that you couldn't go more than 5 mph. Adahleigh loved pointing out the different animals in the lights she recognized.
Charles enjoyed sitting up front with Grandpa, but he enjoyed trying to fiddle with all the new buttons in the van than looking at lights.
We started a new tradition this year with the kids in opening a present on Christmas Eve, pajamas of course so they have a new pair to wear to bed and then open gifts in them the next morning. They looked pretty good in their new pajamas (even though they are still a little big) while busting into their stockings.
The only problem was he wasn't able to get any of the candy open. This is how he usually gets treats at home when Adahleigh gets into them and shares them. He bites a hole big enough to get the treats out.
They were obviously still dazed or sleepy at this point and really didn't understand what was going on.
Adahleigh this year really understood the idea behind opening gifts, she just couldn't get enough of it and was willing to help everyone open theirs (especially Charles, since after opening one toy he was done and just wanted to play with it). It was really enjoyable to watch them share the toys that they got, although the presents Charles got were the biggest hit since they both enjoyed playing with them the most. Amazingly, this year we didn't really have too big of problems keeping everyone out of the Christmas tree. Charles got into Grandma's on Christmas day while we were unwrapping gifts, but other than that they were really good about enjoying the tree instead of destroying it.
Needless to say after she got hers open she went and helped Charles get his, since it was taking a little longer.
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It looks like you guys had a very exciting Christmas!
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