the education of henry

X-mas x3

2015-12-27

I had three Christmas celebrations this week, so there are a lot of pictures and videos.

First stop was Christmas Eve at Great-grandma Darlene's house.

I keep asking when we are going to open presents and everyone says "pretty soon."

Uncle Neil and cousin Ryan.

Finally time for me and Max to open presents!

Oh wow!

Opening a present with Everest from PAW Patrol!

LEGO and more PAW Patrol!

Playing with some of my new toys and Max.

After Great-grandma Darlene's we went to Great-grandpa Les and Great-grandma Muriel's house for the night. The second Christmas was at their house on Christmas Day.

Working on my homework with GG.

Reading with GG before bedtime.

Putting out some treats for Santa and the reindeer.

Writing notes to Santa and the reindeer with Mommy.

I tried really hard to sleep in Christmas morning so I wouldn't scare Santa and the reindeer away. And it worked! I had presents by my stocking and the treats I left for Santa and the reindeer were gobbled up!

Opening my Santa presents.

Opening Santa presents, part two.

Me with all the presents Santa brought me.

Later, everyone else showed up and Freya and I did a little dancing and singing before we opened even more presents!

Presenting the 2015 Christmas Program starring Freya and Henry!

Handing out presents.

Me with Mommy and Freya.

I got some cool books.

Freya got some cool books.

This book has 1,000 animals in it!

Of course, I also got some more LEGO.

Grandpa Kevin is teasing me with the White Elephant gift GG chose.

Helping Great-grandma Muriel - this is not what I was expecting to be in the bag.

Great-grandpa Les got a fun new game to play.

Freya opened a Trolley with Daniel Tiger and Mom Tiger in it!

This book will help me learn to play the piano.

Getting some help from GG.

Getting some help from Mommy.

Showing off toys to Grandpa Kevin, GG, and Nancy.

Now it is playtime!

Freya and GG.

We spent some time playing with all the toys, then went to Grandpa Al and Grandma Wynne's house to rest up for the next Christmas at the Tower where Great-grandma Dorothy lives.

Me with Great-grandma Dorothy, waiting to open presents.

Having fun with everyone!

Some new John Deere shirts from Uncle Bill.

Me opening another LEGO set - a helicopter!

Great-grandma Dorothy with Katie.

Great-grandma Dorothy with all of her kids.

Me with Diane, Great-grandma Dorothy, and Janice - and my new Marshall the Fire Pup toy.

Uncle Dave making faces for me while I was taking pictures.

Those are all the pictures we took for the holidays. Uncle John was taking pictures too, so here are a selection of those, for those of you who haven't had enough already.

Eating X-mas cookies with Daddy.

Daddy.

Me with my singing Rudolph.

Waiting patiently to open presents.

Ripping into a present.

Daddy and Neil with Great-grandma Dorothy.

Daddy and Great-grandma Dorothy.

And that is it for pictures and videos. After the party at the Tower, Mommy and Daddy drove me around looking for more PAW Patrol toys - I had some Christmas money burning a hole in my pocket! We went all over town and found a few. Daddy said some trucks will come to the stores this week and fill the shelves back up with toys and we will have better luck after that happens. I hope so. I still need Zuma and Robo-dog.

Sunday morning we went to visit Great-grandma Darlene and Jennifer again, and I got to play with Max some more (when he wasn't watching cartoons). After that, Mommy and Daddy went back home so they could go to work. And probably get trapped by a winter storm. I'll be playing with my new toys and watching PAW Patrol.

Thanks again to everyone for all the cards and presents! It was great to see all the people we saw and I was sorry I didn't get to see everyone. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and you all have a Happy New Year! Until next week, take care.