We had a wonderful Christmas this year with lots to celebrate! Payton is convinced that Santa came to his house and had lots of questions about him and how he makes his deliveries. He was very concerned that the presents might get wet when it rained or snowed. He was also worried for houses without Christmas lights, because he thinks that the only way that Santa can find your house is if you have lights. His little mind just never stops! We started out the fun the weekend before Christmas by spending the entire day baking cookies and Christmas goodies. Then, Justin was lucky enough to have that Sunday off of work, so we went to Union Station and saw the Holiday Express train and lots of model trains. It was a big hit! And Santa was even there! We even drove around that weekend and looked at lots of Christmas lights. On Christmas Eve it started snowing like crazy (and didn't stop for 3 days), so the boys and I hung out at home. After dinner they got into their Christmas PJs and picked out cookies for Santa. Payton went to bed better then he ever has! He woke up at 2am, yes, 2am and asked if we could open presents!! I said no, now go back to sleep! Around 6:30 we woke up for good and saw all of the presents that Santa brought. The boys had a faboulous time! Easton even seemed to enjoy everything. Payton was so appreciative, it was very sweet. He helped Easton open all of his presents and showed him how everything worked! Then Justin and Payton went out to shovel a bunch of snow. (One of the things that Santa brought was a sled and a little shovel!) I think justin wanted to rest, but Payton really wanted to go and shovel snow! So out they went. We didn't plan on seeing my family for Christmas until next weekend because my sister had planned to go to Iowa. But, with the near blizzard conditions, she made the wise decision to stay in KC. So, we decided that why not, we could get together that night! Moms house is about 6-10 blocks away and we almost didn't make it! The snow removal around here is pretty pathetic! After a wonderful evening there we went home and crashed! I spent the next two days with the boys just playing and hanging out all weekend! It continued to snow all day Saturday, so they went out Saturday night and shoveled some more snow. When they were done, Payton wanted to keep shoveling, so they decided to head over to my moms and do her driveway as well, (and I think Justin wanted left overs!!) I feel like I am in Iowa with all of the snow we are getting. We have lived here 9 years, and don't ever remember seeing this much. And it looks like it is going to stay for a while, so it is a good thing we have lots of new toys to play with, because I think we will be staying home a lot!!
We are now looking forward to a very low key New Years. Payton is learning about it and resolutions at school and he just informed me today that he learned at midnight on the last day of December you have to celebrate the new year. So now I have an odd feeling that he will want to stay up??!
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