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I’d like to say I haven’t blogged in a while because I’ve been so joyfully enjoying this Christmas break with my children.  We’re baking cookies.  Going on adventures.  Playing games together.

The reality of the situation is that we’re all about to strangle one another.  Dan couldn’t wait to get back to work on Monday.  We tried baking cookies, but you know how that went.  The only adventure was a torturous trip to the mall to exchange the boots Dan bought me.  (Yes, we ALL went.  TOTAL nightmare.  But, I did get my boots.)  We’ve played games together… Wii Toy Story Mania.  Whoever titled it was right on.  The kids go bonkers playing it, fighting over it, trying to figure it out…  There’s an obvious reason most Wii games are only made for one or two players.  Unfortunately, I just figured that out.

Christmas was lovely.  The kids went bezerk at the sight of all the gifts under the tree.  We tried our best to reign them in, create a little order, remain calm.  That lasted for about 30 minutes.  Maybe.  In no time all was unwrapped (and not necessarily by the intended recipient of the gift).  Poor Andrew.  All he did all morning was crawl around and eat wrapping paper.

His first Christmas was just a little different than Jack’s!

A.P.'s first Christmas

Jack and Dan 2002

Jack

Stocking

For the last few days, it’s been all I can do to keep the baby from choking on Nerf darts.  Dan was getting so beat up, he decided to go out and get his own gun – you know – to defend himself.  Now there are Nerf wars almost every night.  The kids load up and wait for Dan to walk in the door at night.

Maria was thrilled to receive a new doll for Christmas.  Her only challenge has been keeping it away from Luke, who keeps threatening to shave her bald.  The other night, Maria had to hire Jack to defend her and her doll with his CS-35, just in case Luke made (another) kidnapping attempt.

Gotta run… I think I hear Sam’s new dinosaur eating Maria’s doll, and there’s some screaming aimed at the Wii.

Check out my Flickr pics when you get a chance – there are some cute ones, like this: