Christmas with Paul and Katie

Yesterday we were able to spend some time with my brother and sister-in-law and have our Christmas with them.  I don't mind going over to Paul and Katie's place because it is a little bigger than ours and Timmy really enjoys "tap dancing" on the floor there (they have wooden floors and he likes the noise his steps makes).

Before we ate dinner, I tried out Paul and Katie's Wii, and actually had a lot of fun.  Well, I had fun until I completely clocked Timmy in the head while bowling.  He came up to see what I was doing and I didn't notice him and yeah...I felt horrible.  Timmy did try to help me bowl a little bit and later helped me drive my car off the track in Mario Cart.  It did help me realize that Timmy really wants to know what we are doing and so perhaps a Wii is still not a possibility for us at this point.  That's fine though, not like we have a lot of time to play it or anything either. 

We ate Balistreri's pizza (delicious) first and I was surprised by the amount of pizza that Timmy ate.  He normally eats pizza but kinda leaves the crust alone.  This time he ate the toppings and the crust.  I wonder how much of that has to do with how thin the crust is at Balistreri's.  We don't eat Balistreri's too often (probably because none of us are looking for a heart attack) but it is good pizza.  

After pizza, we opened presents.  Timmy got a train by the company Melissa and Doug (we've got two chunky puzzles by them that Timmy loves) and a popoid (I think that's what it's called).  We had similar things when we were little and it's nice to see them making a comeback.  Timmy really enjoys it and played with it so much that it was about a half hour before we even needed to open the train for him to look at.  Erik got the mini-series John Adams which was on HBO and we only got to see part of the first episode.  Erik had read the book and was really looking forward to the mini-series and now we can see the whole thing.  Nice!  I received the new Lego Batman game (sweet!) and a customized planner.  

We had a really great time and enjoy being able to spend time with Paul and Katie.  It's nice to see Timmy interact with them as well.  Katie has an exercise ball and no matter what else happens, eventually he'll find the ball and ask to play with it.  It's funny to have that routine.  It's just nice to be able to spend some time with family, even if it's only for a few hours. 

Here are a few pictures from our last Christmas of 2008.