Tue 25 Dec 2007
Our Christmas, in a Nutshell
Posted by Liza under Personal, The Real Live Boy
All the choo-choo excitement was almost too much for Noah.
Aunt Anna’s choo-choo blanket and choo-choo house were wild hits, as were Grandma and Grandpa’s “NOAH” cars and the “bridge!” & other new choo-choos from the other Grandma and Grandpa.
That choo-choo playhouse? Seriously large enough that I’m afraid we may have to declare it as a dependent. Once the Christmas tree comes down, it may not feel like it’s taken over the house, but then again, that feeling may never change. Still, Noah loves it! (And unfortunately prefers to have a mommy playing inside it with him.)
The only off moments were that it started to rain just as we decided to go for a walk, the only “outside!” that managed to happen today. But we weren’t going to take sick boy out in the rain, no matter how much he cried. And the whole sick boy thing — Mr. Barking Cough has been more tired and crabby than usual, although otherwise in pretty good spirits.
December 26th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Too cute! Get use to the Thomas tent — our 7 year old still loves to sit in ours. Each child has their own “room” in it which they decorate and pad with pillows and blankets. Only bonus is that us adults no longer fit in it!
December 26th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Awesome. We have a similar tent consuming half of our living room, although the aunt and uncle bought a “Go Diego Go” variety jeep-type vehicle. The rest of the living room is consumed by a Little Tikes Swing Along Castle — although we only set up the castle/slide half. The interstices are filled with huge cardboard blocks. We’ve stopped trying to walk in the living room.
What fun, though! Makes it feel like Christmas again, even though I was lame and didn’t do cards. Miss you and hope you had the best day.