The grandparents arrived on Wednesday night, then we were on full swing toward Christmas.  We made chocolate cookies for Santa, but this time the boys were not as interested to help me.  In the meantime, both boys wanted to play Chess with grandpa and showed Grandma other games.  On Christmas Eve, it was rainy and therefore we did not end up going to the Christmas in the Park for the night troll.  We came home after dinner and decorated a gingerbread house instead.  The final product came out quite nice; I was happy that the house did not fall apart as I did a poor job with the foundation.  By bedtime, the boys were excited.  Connor put out some cookies for Santa and he added a box of tissue on the tray.  He told us that since it is cold at North Pole, he figured that Santa might need a tissue in case of a runny nose.  The boys then quickly went to sleep so Santa would not skip our house.

   On Christmas Day, both boys woke up bright and early but stayed in their rooms quietly.  At 7am sharp, they rushed down to check on the tree and were thrilled to find even more presents under it.  They carefully looked through them and found the Santa presents.  Logan was disappointed that his was smaller than Connor’s.  Quickly he was over it and moved onto TV.  After we all woke up and had breakfast, the excitement began.  We started with the stockings and played briefly with our little toys.  Then we migrated to the living room.  Logan and Connor quickly found themselves a present and opened it.  We had to encourage them to find presents for the grandparents, Stuart and I, so everyone could take turn.  The fun time lasted more than 30 minutes and all of us received a great bounty. 

    The rest of the Christmas day and the following couple of days, everyone sorted through and played with the new toys.  Stuart set up his new XBox One, but Logan and Connor spent more time playing their new Batman 3 game on it than Stuart can with his games.  Logan and Connor both love the soft snuggle animals and carry them everywhere in the house.  They like the REV remote control cars and even Stuart thinks they are very cool.  They are getting better driving them. The best part of it is that the cars require phones to control and Stuart had taken out our old iPhones.  The boys enjoy playing the phones even when they are not driving the cars.  They have also been having fun building some figures with the classic Lego set during quiet time.  From the Santa presents, Logan is learning how to use his mini robot, Ozobot, and Connor loves his Transformer/tank figurine.  We all share some fun time playing with the Simon game, some puzzles and a dice game as well.  Stuart blew up the Sumo inflatables, and the boys had a blast and got some exercise playing with them in the game room.  I also set up my Fitbit and began my competition with Stuart and with my sisters.  Here are our Christmas pictures.