December 27, 2012

Max the happy holiday boy  
Max & Alex big gift from Santa this year was a pet fish, which together they named Christmas Blue.  The boys had been asking for a pet for a long time and we somewhat promised they could have one when we moved into the new house.  Santa made good on our sorta promise.

The boys also got ukeleles under the cool "green" Christmas tree mama had commissioned from the West Elm gang (made from Bongo Java pallets).

Perhaps the best gift of all was that they got to spend more time with their Alaskan cousins -- especially five-year-old twins Joseph & Joshua (who Max was amazingly able to tell apart by the end of their visit).  As much as Max loves all his cousins, I think Max enjoyed being the big cousin for a change.  And Alex enjoyed having cousins more his size too.

Xmas Maxism:  I told the Boys that Grandma Sue would love for them to call her.  "Why?" Max asked.  "To say Merry Christmas," I said.  "Well if we know what she wants why do we need to call?" Max responded.