The kids were up wayyyyyy too early this morning because they knew Grandma Hogue had left a package for them that said, "Do not open until Christmas Eve Day."
No joke...these three kids were up and showered before 7am. I was still wiping the sleep from my eyes as I took out my camera to capture the moment. Once they were dressed ...and it was only 7:05....they were looking around at each other wondering what they could get into next.
Video -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4AOgamgtFM&feature=youtu.be
Our dinner menu was breakfast again this year and I was making the turkey sausage bread. Bubba and Tubbs cracked open the 18 eggs for me happily.
We left to go to Grandma and Grandpa Hogue's house around 1pm to eat dinner and open gifts. They kids could hardly wait. Tubbs was asking everyone 30 minutes if it was time to go yet. As soon as we got in the car, the kids were out....which was great for us. That meant to crabby bugs tonight.
We ate soon after we arrived and chowed down on apple cinnamon oatmeal, coffee cake, eggs, bacon, sausage, turkey sausage bread, and country potatoes. We were in heaven! I could eat "breakfast food" three times a day! :) I would be severely obese, but I would make the sacrifice.
Grandma and Grandpa opened their gifts first. The three kids went in together on a new TV for their living room. Hard to say who was more excited....Luke and Jake...or Grandpa. :)
Tubbs was pretty stoked (and surprised) when he opened his Nintendo 3DS XL....
We left Grandma and Grandpa's around 7:30pm to drive home. After we got home around 9, we set out the cookies and milk for Santa. The boys walked in the door, brushed teeth and got into bed. They were begging for the rest of us to go to bed so Santa could make his way down our chimney. After lying in bed for 5 minutes they both came out to ask for melatonin....and passed out within minutes. We finally put Wiggy to bed around 10.
Santa's final display:
That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....
So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.
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