Merry Christmas! The first Christmas in our new house was exciting... where to put the tree? Where to put each decoration?! We had so much fun moving things around trying to decide the best spot for everything!
The boys got to tell Santa their wishes in Goodhue... here is there lists...
The boys really had fun looking in all of the toy catalogs to make their list... I made them limit it to 6.
Tommy's is on the Left: Cars 2 (The movie), Bop-It, Chuggington (train set), Zombie Lab (gross!), Shake N Go (Cars) and Race Cars
Ben's List is on the Right: Ninjago (Lego guys), Hot Wheels Wall Track (very specific), Hot Wheels (not specific), Bat Cave (this needs a little explaining- Ben thinks we should add on to our house- connecting our garage to our house is going to be an underground BatCave... like Batman has), PSP Mario (we don't have a PSP), and a Ball pit (this was very specifically "like the one at Mom's work"- the ball pit we have at the Rochester Center for Autism is about 6 feet by 6 feet and can be filled with about 1000 balls...where would we put this?! Next to the BatCave I suppose!)
I love their imagination & wish lists!
Sledding!! At about this tree to the softball field (you can see the fence in the background) there is a small hill with a creek at the bottom... don't worry- the creek is usually dried up- this winter it was about a 3 inch area of ice. The boys spent HOURS on this hill... trying to "jump" the creek.
COOKIES!!!! This was 1 day of baking/dipping- yay for Christmas Break!!
Also during Christmas Break we took a trip to the Science Museum in the Twin Cities. Ben and Tommy LOVED the dinos (who doesn't!?) and made their own "news cast"
CHRISTMAS MORNING!!!!!
Yes... I am THAT MOM that makes my children sit by presents to take a picture :-) BUT... we did let them open presents in their jammies!
Ben is sporting his new Cougar Hat as well as a football training target
Tommy, too, is sporting his new Cougar Hat as well as his football training tackle dummy!
Ben & Tommy also got very special sweatshirts from our previous neighbors Dave & Judy!
THIS is what I got :-) John gave me a necklace from the Zales Shared Heart Collection It not only is fantastically beautiful, but a portion of all sales from the collection go towards Autism Speaks! 
What a man :-)
We then went over to Grandma Cathy and Grandpa Steve's to have "Grandkid open presents time"
Tony- sporting a new hardhat.... it may fit Patrick a bit better!
Tommy checking out his Aircraft Carrier Boat
Ben & Tommy each got a FULL set of Football pads-jerseys- helmets- socks and pants.... in COUGAR Colors!!! We, of course, had to immediately put them on to go try them out!!
Yes... This picture is taken Christmas day in Minnesota.... John is only wearing a sweater!
Now.....Into the new year!!
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