Christmas Eve
We arrived to Milwaukee around 9:45pm on December 23rd. Anthony slept 4 1/2 hours on the way up. So he then wanted to be up until 1am. However, I preferred that to him being awake in the car. Then he was up again at 5am. So I stayed up and finished wrapping Christmas gifts.
We were then off to see my girlfriend Sara, and her new home she had recently purchased in Wauwatosa. We got there and Chase immediately wanted to open gifts, however Sara wanted to wait until after we had lunch. Chase was really good about waiting, and instead enjoyed running around Sara's house. This is the second year in a row we have been able to visit Sara on Christmas Eve. Last year Sara made Chase wiener roll-ups. This year she wanted to do something more gourmet, but in the end decided we would start a new tradition of wiener roll-ups and tater tots. It is one of Chase's favorite meals, so why not. When Sara and I were in grade school, Carol her mom, would make them for our Saturday lunch.
After visiting with Sara we were off to Bay Shore mall to Sears Portrait Studio. We were having a family picture taken of our family, my brother, Anne and their two daughters, my Mom and our Grandma and Grandpa. It was quite a production, but they managed to get us organized and a picture snapped. Anthony wasn't into smiling and Hanna kept crying, but hey we took the time to make it happen, and will have a photo to treasure for years to come. After the picture we were off to Grafton, to see my brother's new place.
We drove 20 minutes north to Grafton and spent Christmas Eve at Justin and Anne's. The cousins had a wonderful time playing together. Anthony and Hanna had their socks off and were playing footsie. Chase and Madilyn were wrestling and playing games. They even had a tea party, but I don't think Eric knows about that!
We opened presents and Justin bought Chase a huge remote control Jeep that can drive over rocks and climb walls. He had a hard time using it in the house. (Now that he has played with it in the driveway, he loves it!) He also received a Bob the Builder play set. He was pretty excited about that. We gave Madilyn the Candy Land DVD game. It is really interactive and it took awhile for Mom and I to figure out all the different games you can play with it. However, once we did we all had fun playing. We headed back to Mom's around 10pm. We were all tired. It had been a long day, but we weren't too tired to open Christmas presents. The boys were asleep, so Mom opened her presents from us, and we got to open ours. It was a George Foreman indoor grill. It is great, and the cooking plates are removeable for easy cleaning, which Eric just loves. I am now trying to find ways to cook all our meals on the Foreman!
We were then off to see my girlfriend Sara, and her new home she had recently purchased in Wauwatosa. We got there and Chase immediately wanted to open gifts, however Sara wanted to wait until after we had lunch. Chase was really good about waiting, and instead enjoyed running around Sara's house. This is the second year in a row we have been able to visit Sara on Christmas Eve. Last year Sara made Chase wiener roll-ups. This year she wanted to do something more gourmet, but in the end decided we would start a new tradition of wiener roll-ups and tater tots. It is one of Chase's favorite meals, so why not. When Sara and I were in grade school, Carol her mom, would make them for our Saturday lunch.
After visiting with Sara we were off to Bay Shore mall to Sears Portrait Studio. We were having a family picture taken of our family, my brother, Anne and their two daughters, my Mom and our Grandma and Grandpa. It was quite a production, but they managed to get us organized and a picture snapped. Anthony wasn't into smiling and Hanna kept crying, but hey we took the time to make it happen, and will have a photo to treasure for years to come. After the picture we were off to Grafton, to see my brother's new place.
We drove 20 minutes north to Grafton and spent Christmas Eve at Justin and Anne's. The cousins had a wonderful time playing together. Anthony and Hanna had their socks off and were playing footsie. Chase and Madilyn were wrestling and playing games. They even had a tea party, but I don't think Eric knows about that!
We opened presents and Justin bought Chase a huge remote control Jeep that can drive over rocks and climb walls. He had a hard time using it in the house. (Now that he has played with it in the driveway, he loves it!) He also received a Bob the Builder play set. He was pretty excited about that. We gave Madilyn the Candy Land DVD game. It is really interactive and it took awhile for Mom and I to figure out all the different games you can play with it. However, once we did we all had fun playing. We headed back to Mom's around 10pm. We were all tired. It had been a long day, but we weren't too tired to open Christmas presents. The boys were asleep, so Mom opened her presents from us, and we got to open ours. It was a George Foreman indoor grill. It is great, and the cooking plates are removeable for easy cleaning, which Eric just loves. I am now trying to find ways to cook all our meals on the Foreman!
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