This Christmas

This Christmas we found out that Christmas is really more fun with kids. Especially this kid.

Santa brought Connor his own chair and a toy airplane.  He also received many gifts from friends, family, and Mommy and Daddy.  But none of those could top the wonders of the Swiffer.  That's right.  Dozens of special presents, and Connor just wanted to play with the Swiffer.  I had taken it out to sweep before the grandparents arrived.  He played with it for a good 30 minutes.  That's like a year and a half in toddler time.

We had a fun brunch with Grandma and Grandpa Gaffney.  Connor slept through most of it but woke up ready to open more gifts.  They spoiled him as grandparents do, but he kept playing with that Swiffer.  After the grandparents headed off to work, we loaded up for Christmas Part 2 with Grammie and Grampy Gutheinz.  Connor had more presents to open from Grammie and Grampy but again he went for that tissue paper.

 You may be wondering why we buy him toys at all when cleaning supplies and tissue are so cheap and abundant.  He did get around to playing with his toys eventually. After dinner and a nap, he opened his presents from our friends Don and Mary (is anyone else overwhelmed by the amount of presents this kid got?) Rebecca had selected this Fridge Farm for Connor.  He loved it.  Finally, a toy to trump tissue paper.  

He also enjoyed playing with his other gifts but we were too busy trying to make sure that he didn't eat tissue paper to take pictures of those.  You can also see that by day four of the Christmas Extravaganza, our cute holiday-themed outfits had been depleted. 

Connor's cousin Elliott brought his family over later in the evening to visit.  Last Christmas, Connor slept in his sling while Elliott explored the house.  This year they were able to play together (or next to each other).  They were both thrilled by Grammie and Grampy's Star Wars tree and bobble heads.  Connor was playing too hard to wear pants.  

By the end of the night, we were all pooped. We headed home to get some rest.  Even though it was exhausting, we all agreed it was the best Christmas ever.  We are truly blessed in so many ways.