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Happy Boxing Day! As I reflect back on such a fun holiday season, I am thankful that I could spend time with so many loved ones. I always feel like time is too short, but I should just be grateful for the time we do have together...Thanks to everyone that makes it so special for the boys especially. Today there is a Blizzard Warning (upgraded from a Winter Storm Warning), so I guess we are stuck in this house full of new toys!

Here was some fun from the last few weeks - remembering the Brennan's holiday tidbits:
13. High fives for the blow up Polar Bear (that is sometimes mistaken for a Snow Man) off our front steps. This was KC's favorite all month long and it got him motivated to get out the door.

14. Gawking at mall christmas dec with KC's singing class buddies - while the moms 'worked out' by walking the mall - it's my kind of old woman workout ;) while KC flipped for their huge oversized nutcracker "guys" while cruising in the mall fire truck stroller.

15. Present wrapping
Aiden was a super helper this year especially tearing tape - too bad he can't help me wrap his own presents.

16. Pillow Pile-up This is one of the boys favorites - Find all the pillows on every couch and wrestle, hide, and jump...
17. Turkey lurky dinner at home with the Rudolph movie - big 19 pound turkey on sale after Thanksgiving lasted a while! Orange stuffed and peach juice basted --made the skin crisp and the house smelled so good!

18. Paper snowflakes - KC chanted cut, cut, cut and even got to use his own plastic kid scissors.

19. Sugar dipped ginger cookies - these were from Trader Joe's and were so tasty and chewy.

20. Packing paper elf body tracings - huge packing paper sheet was flattened out and both boys traced -- then it was time for belts, buttons, hats, and funny expressions.

21. Pomander Oranges and Cloves - this was the perfect activity for both boys (with our soft thin peel clementines) - smelled amazing and worked well until KC insisted they were balls!

22. Teacher tea sets and notecards - Aiden helped make tea sets with sugar rocks and loose tea mixes. The smily face tea pots on their cards were icing on the cake.

23. Shopping with my big boy for his family presents - this experience felt like a present to me. I just loved watching him wander with his checklist carefully selecting his somewhat random presents. They weren't all funny because he wanted them "to really like them!". But Uncle Woah's squishy rat was my favorite...

24. Lighting the luminaries on my old street during the winter wonderland - the Xmas magic is sometimes tempered by KC taking a spill into the snow, but it's still
pretty...