Whilst sitting on my very own couch, I type this ole blog entry.
Yes, we are in our new, if somewhat temporary, home. Things went about as smoothly as can be expected. Our stuff arrive mostly unscathed and the movers got everything unloaded and eventually un-boxed in one (very long) day. Then came the week-long job of finding a place for everything. That job is nearing completion, and for those with the penchant to call, my magic jack is now working full-time, so call as you will.
You're probably thinking, "I thought this entry was about Christmas." It is. I just needed to inject a quick bit of updated information for those that have asked for it.
Anywho...
Ah...Christmas 2011: Our first Christmas abroad.
We spent the special day in our hotel, of course. We did Christmas Eve dinner at home and as per tradition, we gave the kids their Christmas Eve present:
Then, off to bed, so that in the morning, this would appear:
Much to the surprise and delight of the boys, Santa brought an Xbox Kinect. For those aren't down with the latest gaming systems, this type of Xbox has a special attachment that allows the player's body to become the controller (at least for those games designed to work with Kinect--otherwise you have a regular controller). So the kids jump and the game character jumps. The kids were so jazzed...until they realized that, like all of our games, we couldn't play them in the hotel room. The tv was too old and had only the European style hookups. So, instead they broke open their other presents.
Kyle got a Lego Super Car (that really works). It was by far the biggest Lego set this Christmas and we all took a hand in helping put it together. His other gift was the Ninjago Lego board game.
Dave got a Ninjago Snow dragon, and a Cops-n-Robbers Lego set and a game for his DS. He and I also had a lot of fun with the boys' collection of Lego men.
Lincoln got two Lego set from The Pirates of the Caribbean.
The Mill set and the Queen Anne's Revenge.
We spent most of the day contently building Legos and playing games. 2011 was a remarkably relaxing Christmas, especially considering the circumstances.
A sad little side note: turns out, Adam is allergic to Christmas trees. Seriously. He broke out in a rash about 3 days after we got our Christmas tree and it remained, despite numerous doctor's visits and daily applications of expensive creams. The itching about drove him batty. Then, we got rid of the tree and the rash instantly got better and was completely gone within 2 days. Guess it's artifical trees for us. :(
Ian's mom would think that being allergic to real trees is kinda like worshiping the devil...pure sacrilege. Glad that the itchiness has stopped. Poor guy! Glad to hear that your Christmas wasn't too sad and depressing.
Posted by: Lora | Jan 10, 2012 at 09:12 AM