Christmas 2016

This year's Christmas was very different from last year's Christmas, just as 1.5 year old toddlers are very different from six month old babies. The boys are definitely more aware of toys and fun things now, and while they didn't know why they were getting a bunch of presents, they definitely enjoyed getting more trains, trucks, and stuffed animals to play with. This year, we also went to Gung Gung and Paw Paw's house in Virginia Beach (last year, we stayed home in Oakland and didn't have any visitors) where we got to see cousins, Hudson and Rosie, Aunty Donna, Uncle Matt, and Suk Suk Eric. The cousins had a pretty good time playing together, though the concept of "not your toy" was a little lost on the little ones. The boys did well with napping and sleeping in their travel cribs, and mama and dada shared the same room with them. Luckily, mama's lingering cough at night did not wake up the boys, and they woke up happy each morning, saying "mama" and "dada" when they stood up and saw us sleeping in the bed in front of them. :) The car rides to and from Virginia Beach went pretty well, with stops in Durham to visit Sarah, John, and Emery and in Henderson for lunch and play at Chick-fil-a helping to break up the drive and let the boys have some fun. Now we are back in Davidson, getting back into our routine, though in a few days, Grandma Rose will arrive for New Year's! The fun never ends for the Anstey twins!

 

Here are some photos from various Christmas activities this year:

The boys did not enjoy meeting Santa.

The Christmas tree and presents!

The giant stuffed teddy bear was a big hit

unwrapping some gifts before we left for VB

gingerbread house time!

Micah is very focused

Piano players Rosie and Micah

It's hard to get toddlers to look in the same direction and smile...haha

Santa Noah and Santa Micah (in grey)

Walking around the Lake, Noah (in blue) loved having his hood pulled over his eyes.

waking the boys after a nice 2 hour nap! (Noah)

Micah

the bedroom set-up

story time with Gung Gung

family photo!

breakfast time was always exciting with all the kids

We took the boys to the Children's Museum of Virginia in Portsmouth, where there was a lot of fun displays and hardly any other children on Boxing Day.

inside a big bubble!

sorting eggs

The museum had a big train depot, which was a hit

Noah (pictured) and Micah loved watching the choo-choo go by above on a track.

The boys also loved the "balls" outside of the museum.

The museum had a cool section on the 2nd floor that older kids would probably like more.

the boys loved the floating ball.

Back at the house, playing with new toys and Hudson.

Micah was very snuggly with Gung Gung. :)

We made it back home, where Micah was happily reunited with his giant bear, which they call a "doggy".