Merry Christmas!🎄

Santa came! It was the Christmas of technology. Both boys got laptops - the school issued Lenovas just can’t get us through remote learning. Keagan also needed to up the ante with something that could make highlight videos. It will take Evan six months to get used to something new, so I decided he better get a head start before he leaves for school. 

Both boys got new shoes and Keagan had to take in the new shoe smell. 

Keagan got a mini fridge. Oh, the excitement on his face! Worth every penny! He has it stocked already with pumpkin roll, fruit, and drinks. 

Evan got fishing gear - waders, a fishing scale, and pliers. He’s pretty serious about his fishin’. 

Both boys got ice scrapers. Keagan took his out of his stocking and confusingly said, “Hummm, a back scratcher?” Then he asked, “Is is a pooper scooper?” Evan said, “Dude! It’s an ice scraper! There’s no excuse now - you’re going to school.”

The fun didn’t stop with the ice scraper. I put a travel grooming set in the stockings, and Keagan said, “A murder kit? It’s got knives and sharp things that could do some harm!” 

Evan and Makinley swapped gifts this afternoon. Looks like they got some matching Christmas lounge pants.

Next up on our agenda? Nothing! A day on the couch is in store for us.

Merry Christmas

Santa arrived! Evan and Keagan must have been very good because Santa has been so good to them. They both got new shoes and new jerseys.

Evan's gift experience is a tour of Cowboys Stadium, his favorite gift. He's on the grind putting his Lego Cowboys helmet together. Already he's professed the directions are not clear enough and the colors are not accurate. He's threatening to throw it in the trash. So pretty much it's like the Christmas morning from eight years ago when he got a Star Wars Lego set. We are all about traditions in this house!

Keagan's favorite gift was his robe. He says he feels like a Chinese emperor wearing silks and fine clothing. (I'm afraid Amazon is a far cry from Chinese silks.) He has made his way to the bonus room wearing his robe, carrying his new gaming mic, and clutching a bag of candy. He says he will see us in about four hours.

Wes is super happy with parts for the gun he is building. He bought them. I wrapped them. He acted surprised when he opened them. I did the same with the two pairs of shoes I ordered for myself.

This is the first year in a while where we haven't spent the holiday doing laundry and packing for a Caribbean get-a-way. Next year's trip to Iceland will be epic.

Merry Christmas!

St. Nickolaus Day

It's St. Nickolaus Day and he visited us last  night. With the threat of Ryker eating the candy and tearing up the boots, I (I mean St. Nick) had to keep the boots in the closet and the candy hidden. Thus, there are no picturesque photos of the loot. I do have a pic of the dog, though.

Suffice it to say that Ryker is still causing heartache and costing us money. He ate the Direct TV cable again this week, he has broken/eaten every snowman ornament that I have collected since Keagan was a baby, and he has bitten into two PS4 controllers. Both of the bird feeders are destroyed. He can't keep blankets in his dog house for making cotton confetti and he loves to play chase around the house while carrying your prized Rothy's, or in the boys' cases Vans and Jordans, in his mouth. The cat hates him. I'm constantly cleaning up after him. Keagan loaths taking care of him; Evan only tolerates him when he is sleeping. But Wes loves him. We finally persuaded Wes that Ryker needs training. Good, solid, professional training.

So St. Nick visited last night, but all I have is this dog-gone picture of Ryker.