It sure didn’t feel like Christmas day around here. There is so much going on with the change in nursing and stress from jobs and other responsibilities. It should have been more relaxing and fun. We had good times though. There is always some part of the day that will make us smile.
Trevor found a way in to Brendan’s fort!
The boys are not old enough to really understand presents or Santa or all of that, so we didn’t put effort in to wrapping gifts or doing stockings. Next year they will definitely be more in to it. They did have a few wrapped gifts from friends. Trevor enjoyed tearing the paper and crinkling tissue but Brendan did not like it!
Trevor picked out this gift at Toys R Us when we did our shopping trip. It has real strings that we thought would be perfect for Brendan’s scritching fingers to strum.
Trevor took this picture. Not bad!
Brendan’s former nurse came by to visit for Christmas. Coincidentally, she also picked out a guitar (and boombox!) for the boys. It is perfect because now they can jam together and make all kinds of noise!
Both guitars play all kinds of little songs that will surely get stuck in my head.
This blue one plays an electric guitar version of “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”, in addition to “Wild Thing”, “Oye Como Va”, “Yankee Doodle”, and “In the Hall of the Mountain King”. Who picks this stuff? What a variety!
After playing with guitars, my memory card got full and my camera battery died, so the rest of the cool new presents will have to be photographed tomorrow. Tonight, Bill put together the workbench playset from Great Grandma Bobbie. We can’t wait to see what Trevor thinks. We got some really cool light up CAT trucks from Bailey. Brendan got an exercise ball for therapy from his new nurse that he loves to bounce on. I have more stuff for them that I haven’t even taken out yet. It can wait a while, they certainly have plenty to play with!
We are very grateful to Jonah & Christine tonight for delivery of a delicious turkey dinner. We probably would have just had something from a can otherwise!
We are missing our families and traditions and hope that things will be so much different next year. Looking back to last Christmas and how much things have changed, we can only imagine what lies ahead!