Started out like any other day off work morning... Veg woke up, came and asked if he could play a bit while we rested some more... Of course I say yes. It was then I realized he forgot it was Christmas... So Hubby and I stayed in bed for another 45 minutes (we are mean like that) when Veg comes back in for his morning Hug...
I looked over and said "Merry Christmas" AHHHH! He screamed "I FORGOT IT WAS CHRISTMAS" (yup, I knew that) ha ha.... He starts jumping and bouncing for joy... "Come on everyone lets see if we have presents".... He ran down stairs, plugged in all the Christmas lights.. AH... and there were presents....
He was soooooooooooo Excited!!! And that started a wonderful day of building, learning, and enjoying the family. Even a walk at the park, and some naps too. Can't beat that for nothing!!!
Soooo What did my Vegman get...
This really awesome Electricity and Magnet kit.... He liked this way more then I thought he would. I knew that I would like it (which is why I bought it of course *smile*) but wasn't sure it would hold his interest as its for older kids. But it became his first toy of choice to play with.
He learned a bunch about polarity, electricity and reading circuitry schematics. He created a real operational fan, and lit up some LED's etc. Very cool!! After the first one, he said "I can do this by myself now" and he did!! We looked over to find him building a parrallel circuit, lighting an LED and the fan blade moving, all with a hand crank generator he put together. Very cool indeed!
And this Compost Bin... YES, I got my kid a COMPOST BIN... And you wouldn't believe the happiness...
"Mom Mom Mom, do you know what this is... A real compost bin just for us... and we can make dirt, and the food will decompose and we will have our very own dirt!!"
Again I say, How did this child become mine??
He also got more books from this series... he LOVES these books!! And I learn a lot too, so having them around is a good thing!
And this freaky spider house... which he has already decided what he will do with it... Hubby and Veg will be sticking it outside tomorrow. Hopefully there will be a spider this time of year that needs a home.
He also got some more cash from grandparents that he decided all needs to go toward College (Alrighty then... only my child) and then the gift of all gifts.... KNEX!!
See next post for the rest of the Knex story!
Earlier in the week he got a giant lego set from another grandparent and already put them all together, he also got a couple more science sets, a toothbrush that sings so he will brush longer (it worked by the way) and some playdoh for his stocking....Pretty sure there was more, but he was a happy camper to say the least....
I got Hubby some headphones so he could play games on the TV without me hearing them (think that gift was more for me) but it didn't work because we don't have a jack on the TV... So that went back to the store... then he got me the Digital photo frame, but it doesn't play videos like he thought... So that is going back to the store... Both duds!! Guess we should have stuck to his "don't buy eachother gifts rule" ha ha... Hubby ended up with a few practical stocking stuffers, and that finished our gift giving spectacular of 2008!!!
My favorite gift today was watching the boys build the Knex stuff. They played so nice together. *smile*