After all of the holiday outings and activities the boys were definitely ready for Christmas to finally be here. On Christmas Eve we stopped by the assisted living facility Papa Dean was staying in so the boys could see him and give him his Christmas present. The boys had been asking about him a lot so we decided it would be good for them to see them but knew this was probably the last time they would see him as he seemed to be continuing to decline. It was a hard visit but they both said after that they were glad we went. Once we got to Nonna and Pepe's house the boys built a Lego Christmas City and Reed declared that building a Christmas Lego set should become an annual tradition. Once C, Tio, Lyla, Zach, Gran, and Aunt Di Di arrived we exchanged gifts. Tim was there too and was a good sport during all of the gift madness. We gave Lyla a karaoke machine she tried out and then the primos went outside to ride bikes. They were adorable together and make quite the gang! Tio tried out Jon's Onewheel and took a really nasty fall that he is still bruised and banged up from. After getting out some restless energy and Auntie P, Michael, and TJ arriving it was back inside for games, dinner, and more games. The highlight for Reed was the Santa Tracker Tim had on his phone, which he was obsessed with checking.
After a late night Christmas Eve the boys slept in a bit but as soon as they woke we opened stockings - Reed was so excited that Santa had remember Shell-Ten and left him an apple and the boys opened their gift from Santa as well. We had seen Santa a few different times during December but each time Kieran would refuse to tell him what he wanted. When I asked he told me "Santa can get me whatever he thinks I should get" or "Santa always does a good job picking something he knows I want." Luckily the kid was right and Santa did a great job getting the boys a Hotwheels garage. We also exchanged gifts just the four of us. We got the boys PJs, books, and an ornament like we always do, they had picked out gifts for each other, and then had made me and Jon gifts at school. It was the simplest but also very sentimental of gift exchanges. Soon Grandma, Grandpa, G-Momma, Uncle Kyle, Aunt Kari, Annaliese, Haleigh, and Lydia arrived. We made sure to take family pictures since we aren't all together very often, had our traditional minestrone soup, opened gifts, let the kids try out their new roller blades from Grandma and Grandpa, played games, and had a yummy dinner. Christmas went by in a blink of the eye but we really did have some lovely days spending time with our nearest and dearest.
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