The Madsen Family: Christmas 2010

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Christmas 2010

We had such an awesome Christmas! The afternoon of Christmas Eve, we went to the Senior Citizen center to deliver goodies, drop off some pictures, and sing some songs. We were a pitiful choir, but the seniors seemed to think the boys were cute and they loved the pictures the boys had colored. After that we went over to Brandan's school and played basketball and lots of chase games. Then that evening, Brandan and I gave the boys one gift to open. It was the game Twister. We played it for as long as we could last and then the boys started tracking Santa on the internet. It was awesome to see how excited they were. We had really pushed the fact that Santa wouldn't come to the house if the boys were still awake, so when Dash saw that Santa was in "Rio de Cruella DeVil" (his pronunciation), he decided that looked close enough and he didn't want to risk it. So, he and Colt went into bed at 7:30! While we were tucking them in, I had to run out and get something out of the car. When I came back in I told Dash I thought I'd heard bells ringing in the sky. I thought he was going to fall out of the top bunk. He immediately laid down and instructed Colt to do the same. Colt promptly threw himself backward on the bed. Then Dash demanded that we shut off all the lights and go straight into bed. I love having kids this age!

The next morning the boys ran in to see what Santa had brought. They were super excited with everything. After presents we had a big breakfast and then lounged around until the Booths called and invited us sledding. It was a great day.