St. Nick's Day and Hanukkah

Nicholas has had an exciting couple days. Monday morning he woke up to find that St. Nick had left him some presents.

From 2010 December

Ever since this discovery Nicholas has been going over to his stocking multiple times a day looking inside to see if anything has appeared.

And St. Nick managed to find the wooden peg toy that I've been looking for. However does he do it?

From 2010 December

Since Joe and Nicholas had to miss Katie, Wes, and Alice's Hanukkah party this weekend due to the stomach bug, Katie and Alice brought Hanukkah over last night. (Well, brought presents and a menorah. I guess you can't actually bring a holiday.)

From 2010 December

The kids had a blast riding horsies. Yes, our little boy is now the proud owner of two ponies thanks to the generous gift of Joe's officemate. But it comes in handy when a friend comes over.

From 2010 December

Here is a video of the kids riding the horsies:

From 2010 December

(Nicholas has been watching me put these pictures and videos up this morning and keeps asking for "more more weeeee" incessantly, making me continually replay the videos. He also came out this morning and went right over to the horsies and labelled which one was for Nicholas and which was for Alice (even though they both rode each last night).)

There are more pictures in the Gallery, as well as a video of the kids giving each other high fives (Joe was very proud of himself for teaching them that).

The kids had a great time together. It is fun watching them play together now that they are older. And it was great to see Katie. Even worth giving up the late evening at the office grading that I had planned. And that's saying something. Speaking of which, it is now 6:30 and Joe is up so I should go get to work on real work instead of blogging.