2008 Christmas Festivities

Dallas Galleria

On the 23rd we went to check out the Christmas tree light show at the Galleria. There is a tree right in the middle of the ice skating rink (it's the largest indoor tree in the US of course, it's Texas remember).  The tree lights are syncronized with music, it's pretty cool. We also ate at Five Guys burgers, our favorite hamburger place (even better than In N Out).  Of course we had to make our regular stops at Gucci, Louie Vuitton and Tiffany while we were there...

Christmas Eve

We started off the evening by decorating ginger bread sleighs. It's a wonder we even got any of the candy on the sleigh and out of the boy's mouths.

Reading T'was the Night Before Christmas and Frosty to the boys.

Boys in their new Christmas PJ's all ready for Santa!

Christmas Morning

The pictures speak for themselves. We had a great Christmas morning. The boys were VERY excited to get their Jeep Power Wheel, which was their big present this year and one they are sharing. They had both been asking Santa for one for months; it's all they really wanted.  We were worried they wouldn't be excited because they thought they were getting one for sure. It didn't matter though, they still went crazy and have been in heaven ever since.  

We have an interesting story about the Power Wheel. The first one Santa delivered required quite a bit of assembly. Thankfully we attempted to put it together on the 23rd because it was missing about a third of its parts. We, or rather Santa had another one shipped to Walmart so we were able to get that one first thing Christmas Eve morning and make sure it had all its parts. We're happy we decided to break it out on the 23rd, had we waited until Christmas Eve night, they would have been without their major present.  Morale to the story--anything that requires assembly should be put together days in advance, even if it complicates hiding it.

Oh, the one BIG drawback to the Walmart Power Wheel is that it was three times the cost of the one without the parts. We were happy to find that one on sale a few weeks ago for a great price. Now we know why...I guess if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. Needless to say we've filed a complaint with JC Penny for almost ruining our Christmas. That being said it was still worth every penny to see how excited they were on Christmas morning. Even now, four days later they're still obsessed with it.