Tick Tock Tick Tock- Time to Talk about Christmas

Since it's Tick Tock Day (December 29), I might as well catch up on the last few days. I said the days around Christmas Eve/Christmas Day were pretty big days so I didn't really blog much because of the busyness then the next few days were kind of chill so I didn't blog then either because I wasn't doing much productive. Today I'm being productive, including blogging so here we go.

 

Jet: My turn!

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Christmas Eve, I got my morning walk in and Jeremy and I spent a lot of time in the kitchen and spent a lot of time trying to catch up on last minute things. I didn't get everything done I wanted to both with food and other stuff so we ate late and I just had to scrap some of my ideas.

Jet: My turn! 

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Jr. Jr. and I did manage to finish and wrap juggling balls for everybody in the family so we all got to open those on Christmas morning.

 

Jet: My turn!

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Before bed Christmas Eve, Jet set out cookies for Santa.

We hung our stockings by the fire- the Darth Vader Yule Log this year. 

I got out for a walk Christmas morning because Jeremy needed some sleep that morning so we got a late start with everyone coming out to the living room. 

Some year's past, Jet has been still asleep when it was time to go out or just slow going. This year, though, he was so excited and was the first person to run out to the living room when it was time. He was very excited about everything. He is so cute.

The week before Christmas, Jet came home from school one day after Santa visited and let us know Santa was going to bring him a scooter for Christmas. That's what he told Santa he wanted and wow, that was the first we'd heard about it.

Apparently Santa delivered and he got that scooter for Christmas with a Spider-man helmet. That little boy got several Spider-man things for Christmas or around Christmas. Christmas Eve the kids opened up pajamas from grandparents (Jet's were Spider-man pjs). 

A few days before Christmas, each family member came to Mom and Dad and we talked about spiritual gifts and let them know what gifts we saw in them. Then they opened up a present from grandparents- this time, a blanket (Jet's was Spidey and His Amazing Friends, of course).

The day after Christmas, December 26, was Wren Day and it was National Candy Cane Day. Jeremy, Nichole, and I took Jet to the Provo River Delta so he could try out his new scooter on the trail and we could look at birds. I thought Jet would be slow but apparently he picked up on riding a scooter really quick and zoomed along the trail.

I did take a moment to capture a picture that celebrated both holidays. Birding on Wren Day with a candy cane.

Jet was content to go home when it was time. He got hot chocolate with a candy cane in it. 

Saturday was a lazy day and it was so nice. I didn't even go out for a walk.

 

Sunday, December 28, was Stan Lee's Birthday so I wore my bow earrings. It was also National Chocolate Candy Day. We definitely ate chocolate candy. It was also Card Playing Day. Jeremy and I played a card game. 

This morning, I went for a walk in the park again with the lights. It was cold.

And since it's Tick Tock Day, I'll also mention that we celebrated Lucky's birthday earlier in December.

For the balloons for Lucky's class, he decided on penguins, narwhals, but couldn't figure out the last design. Jeremy made his suggestion. Everyone was confused (a rocket?) until he called me over.

Ohhhhh. Missile-toe! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!

It was finally decided that the last design would be a mouse with a Santa hat (not the missile-toe). It was a popular design.

 O.K. Enough of blogging.

After Christmas 2024

After Christmas we were all still sick. Most of December we were sick. Blah.

We did celebrate Stan Lee's birthday on December 28 with shawarma. 

We had latkes and challah during Hanukkah.

I finished the adult reading program last minute on New Year's Eve. I earned a water bottle that says, "I read more in 2024."

I finished a year of "A Season of Family Meal Plans" by Jordan Page. I love those books.

We took apart our Christmas tree.

I got some morning walks in among the lights at City Center Park before the New Year.

We had New Year's Nachos.

 

Stan Lee Days

It's been a Stan Lee couple of days. December 28 was Stan Lee's birthday. I decided to try something I've never made before. Shawarma. Smile if you get the Stan Lee reference.

December 28 was also Card Playing Day. We started playing a game Jr. Jr. got for Christmas, a game where you wear goggles that make everything upside down and have to perform tasks. I didn't take any pictures. I was making shawarma.

Later I started watching a Marvel movie and even later I slept through a Marvel movie while Jeremy and Nichole watched it.

 

Today, December 29, Jeremy and I got to go on a date. We had salad and watched the new Spider-man movie. Spider-man: No Way Home. 

When we got home, Jr. and I had some bonding time playing a video game.

Since it's been a Stan Lee couple of days, Nichole and Jr. and I are now going to watch yet another Marvel movie. That and it's Tick Tock Day and Still Need to Do Day and Jr.'s been waiting and waiting for us to watch this particular movie and things always seem to come up. No more putting it off.

 

And since it's Tick Tock Day, here's something I didn't post earlier, something Jr. said about Christmas: All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, a hippopotamus, and you.

We got a chuckle out of that one.

Chocolate Candy

I did it. I survived the day. I deserve chocolate. It's a good thing December 28 is National Chocolate Candy Day.

It's also Stan Lee's Birthday and National Card Playing Day. We combined those again, this time by watching some animated X-Men like Jeremy and I used to watch when we were kids. The character, Gambit, throws electrified playing cards. The kids watched it. I fell asleep again.

Some Celebrations in December

December 20- Mudd Day
I watched the first episode of the original Star Trek series with Harry Mudd.

December 24 and 25- Christmas Eve and Christmas
I managed to blog Christmas Eve but we did more after I posted.
Jr. got a fire burning on the TV by our stockings for us- Darth Vader Yule Log.

We had our Christmas Eve program where we went around and said what we'd been up to that year.
The kids then got to open up pajamas to wear from Grandma and Grandpa.

I put Jet's on him for pictures then took them off so he didn't spit up on them during the night. Then I put them back on him in the morning for present opening. Or in his case, present sleeping through.

Actually it was the afternoon when we started opening presents because I was up most of the night with Jet and slept in when I could that morning. Bwah ha ha ha. So we started opening presents about 1pm. Jet just slept in my arms and we opened his presents later when he was awake. He didn't care. ;)

I didn't take pictures of the kids' handmade gifts this year. I didn't have a lot of time so I cut out strip of cardstock and had the kids decorate them for a "project" I was doing. So Christmas day they were surprised by their new bookmarks that they had decorated themselves.

December 26- Wren Day 
Jeremy and Nichole went out birding on Wren Day of course. They saw a marsh wren. And lots of other birds. They didn't just see a marsh wren.

December 28- Stan Lee's Birthday
We watched Spider-man Into the Spider-verse as a family.

For Hanukkah, we ate latkes and played dreidel. 

Spiderman Memory Match

December 28 is Stan Lee's birthday.  It is also Card Playing Day.  We've combined these in the past in creative ways.
This year, the kids got to play Spiderman Memory Match Game to combine and celebrate.

Last night after the kids went to bed, Jeremy and I watched Ant-Man.  We finished it after midnight with a cameo from Stan Lee so it was technically on his birthday.  Tonight after the kids go to bed we're going to watch Captain America: Civil War.