Christmas: World's Longest Post

I had this broken down to multiple posts but then decided it I wanted it all in one spot. 

One night I asked Finn what he wanted from Santa and wrote his exact wording down. I will keep this forever...

*Santa delivered on the "journal thing" and the robot.  The potty toy Santa couldn't find.  And since Finn never had a laser gun and isn't trusted with guns or gun like toys, the laser gun will wait until Finn "is eight" as we like to say. 

Tosh's sister and husband were in town for the week.  They were able to come over a couple times for breakfast.   One morning after we ate, Finn got to go out and play on the sled Grandad brought him...

He needed a carrot in case he built a snowman...

He was bundled up and ready to go out. 

There was just enough snow to go down the hill...

And under the snow was mud...

And he got a face full...

My mother in-law got me this necklace.  A sixth grader at her school makes jewelry out of clay. I was so impressed with this girl's work. For her age to be able to create such stuff...

Christmas Eve morning we went over to Meme and Pawpaw's to drop of Finn's cute 4 year pictures Cenda took that I will have to share on here. 

After Finn woke from his nap we headed out to Finn's great-grandmother's house to celebrate with Tosh's cousin, uncle, Nanny, and the rest the bunch. 

Look! Finn has on clothes...

Finn had a nice time opening presents.

He wore his hulk costume most of the time.  He really enjoyed getting to play with "the girls."

After Finn went to bed, we had to do our last minute wrapping and all the putting together.

Santa in our house is the giver of little. Hah.  He took care of the requested items plus a microphone.

Christmas Eve I could barely sleep. I was so excited to get up and see Finn's excitement. He usually goes to school on Wednesdays so an alarm was set to go off.  When 7:30 hit and he wasn't up and I remembered it was normally school day, I woke him up. I NEVER wake the kid up, ever.  I nudged him and told him it was Christmas and he was so excited!

 Finn's market was a hit.  The cash register might be the cutest thing I have ever seen....

 He got a Wolverine costume and a Wolverine blanket that he loved!  He decided to wear the costume to go to our other festivities...

 We went to my sister's house to open gifts with them.  Here is my pretty mom...

 

 Me and my dad...

 Me and mom...

 Aaron was laughing at our selfies, so I said we had to do one.  And behold...a selfie classic...

 Jennifer was whizzing around in cleaning mode...

 We got Finn a new camera. He took it along with him. He got some pictures. It is a fun camera that projects onto a wall. It also has a feature that you can add designs and songs to pictures, but the picture quality is lacking. His old camera took great photos but only held 80 and he was rough on it and it broke.  This one is fun but may have to work on lighting and taking photos outside to get the best pictures. I will share some of his pictures from Christmas in another post.

 Finn sitting on his gifts...

 The boys playing with Daxton's gift...

 Next stop was Tosh's parent's house for lunch and gifts.   Finn did a good job being patient. I was really proud.  He really wanted to open gifts, but he let everyone eat first.  

Then it was time...

 

 Most of the shots have Finn in a blur due to movement or sunlight. Here he is punching dad...

 

 

 He got some hulk fists and loves punching with them. Here he is punching Grandad...

 Here he is doing a craft with Nana...

 Tosh did a little of this...

 There was a lot of this...

 and those were taken while I was kicked back in a recliner myself. The sleepless Christmas Eve was catching up with us.   After we left this happened almost immediately...

 Finn got a Woody Costume from his Nana and Grandad and he looks really cute in it...

 He wouldn't stay still long enough so here is a blur...

 We had a lot of fun with all of our family and I think this was probably one of my best Adult Christmases.   We really enjoyed it.
Hoping you all had a wonderful time with family and friends.