At our house, we celebrate Christmas and open presents on both Christmas eve (mom's tradition) and on Christmas morning (dad's tradition). On Christmas Eve, I got to open up a bunch of presents and I had a blast. It took a while to understand that I was finally allowed to peel all the gift tags and paper off the presets, but eventually I got the point and then I was constantly under the tree looking for more presents to open. This is my first present.
Dad was really excited also and I have been teaching him how to do the 'surpriced face'. I think I did a good job:
This is my 'surpriced face'. Aunt elsa taught me.
One of the gifts was a dvd player for the car. Yesterday, we drove up to Cleveland and I watched Old McDonalds farm all the way. I use earphones, that way mom and dad won't interrupt the movie.
I got a lot of other presents... a tricycle form grandma in the Faroes. I showed dad how to asemble it. It took a little while, but I was a good boy and waited patiently. When it was put together, I scooted around the house all by myself. I still prefer being pushed around.
Other presents that I got were shoes, clothes, leather jacket (and I am cool in it). CD player and CDs. Lego, cars and a lot of toys. I also got some candy... yummi.
I didn't get to open up all the presents on Christmas Eve, but had to leave a few for the following morning. But, I was also tired in the end. It's hard work opening up all those presents. But I had a great time
nite nite
Benjamin
...then it was grandad's turn.
They also have all these indoor toys. There are lots of cars...
... and airplanes.
Grandmom and Granddad have this cool hotwheel track. The cars drive with the speed of light...Amazing.
What a great weekend.
I thought Christmas was over for this time, but I was wrong, because I got more presents last night from the mail man. I got a 'touch-and-feel' book from my godmother in the Faroes. I also got more clothes from my grandparents and uncles in Rituvík. Thank you, guys!
Dad and I were plumbers the other day. Dad had to work on some of the pipes behind our bathtub and I helped him. I don't think he could have done all this by himself.. He said himself what a good and helpful boy I was.
Here are a few pictures from our Christmas dinner. One of the guests was cousin Mary. She is a little younger than me and she was also in the hospital. I think she is almost well now. We played a little bit and she got a toy just like mine and I tried to show her how to use it. I also played a lot with cousin Mitchell. He's a big boy... and one day, I'll be a big boy, just like him.
Dad and I had a great time too. He kept tickling me and I giggled and giggled and in the end wasn't able to stand up at all.
Mom, dad and I. I was all dressed up for the occasion, wearing black dress pants, white shirt and a butterfly. Grandma said I looked like dad, when he was a little boy and wore his suits... and then she giggled.... so, I am not sure if that's good or bad, since he did look funny in his little suits. He kind of looked like a little Mini Me.
Here are dad and I playing on the climber. I can do the slide all by myself. It's a little difficult to get up on it still, but once I am up, I make sure that I am loud enough to get everyones attention.
Now, here I am cool!!
I had fun crawling through this tube. Sometimes, I try and stand up in the middle of the tube, but that's impossible and I get really frustrated. The tube is really long and just barely fits into the den.
I have to go now. Dad is out and about again looking for trouble. I have to keep an eye on him constantly.
