Christmas ~ Part II

We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning at my sister's house. It was so much fun getting the cousins together... there is never a dull moment, that's for sure! Jacob was glued to the Christmas tree, looking for presents that had J-A-C-O-B on them. He found pure entertainment in hunting for the presents that were his, even if he couldn't open them yet.

Just like his big brother, Gavin is absolutely enamored with his cousin Maddie.


This is my great-grandma, who we call Tutu.
Gavin towing Travis on his new Tow-Mater bike
This was too funny! Jacob found Maddie's "Hula Girl" movie and was begging me to play it for him. Once I put it in, he and Gavin were completely glued to the screen from start to finish!
This trampoline was by far, the biggest hit of the night. It was really funny to watch them grab onto the handlebars and jump super high. They would even pull out some interesting gymnast moves in between jumps. Jacob was trying to count how many jumps he could do. He got to 100 before we we told him that it was time to give his cousin a turn. As he jumped off the trampoline he exclaimed, "That's A LOT of jumps!" All four cousins were lined up, sweat beaded on their forehead, waiting anxiously for their turn. Seriously, how can you beat good exercise, entertainment, and a good night sleep all wrapped into one toy?!

My sister taught me a lot of things about Santa Claus, so I could be better prepared next year.

Rule #1 - Always wait until your kids are sleeping to wrap the presents.
Rule #2 - Wrap the Santa presents with different wrapping paper than your other presents.
Rule #3 - You also have to use different stickers that say who the present is for. (Maddie just discovered that this year. "Look Mommy! Santa uses the same stickers that we do!")
Rule #4 - Disguise your handwriting on those stickers.
Oh, and her kids really like it if Santa leaves a special note for them...