We kicked off Christmas a few days early in our house when Santa made an unexpected early visit in advance of the snow/ice/sleet/rain storm that hit our area. Harrison really took to opening presents. At his birthday only a few months ago he was indifferent to unwrapping presents, but two months seemed to have totally changed his attitude towards the task.
Harrison got a sports coupe from Santa that he could hardly wait to roll around in. It was pretty difficult to assemble with Harrison constantly trying to hop in and assist in other ways that were not very helpful. On a side note, we spent a good chunk of after dinner playtime in that coupe earlier this evening. Craig used to the opportunity to further indoctrinate Harrison on the goodness of roundabouts and set up a mini-roundabout in the basement. Gotta start 'em young on roundabouts (which by the way are awesome because they're safer and move traffic more efficiently than standard intersections).
We headed up to Green Bay a day early to avoid the onslaught from Mother Nature and Craig's sister Jessica did the same. Jessica let Harrison ride her rocking horse after initially resisting the idea of sharing.
One of Harrison's favorite Christmas presents was the radio flyer wagon he got from Grandma and Grandpa (they bought it months ago and have been letting him ride in it for a long time, but finally gifted it to a grateful Harrison). Grandma's family came over Christmas eve and Harrison had a blast riding in the wagon with Craig's cousin Carrie's kids, Sarah and Alyson.
Christmas day was spent with Grandpa's family at Great-Grandma Corsten's place. Harrison was showered with a fine selection of gifts, but not unexpectedly, a cardboard tube presented to him by his Great-Uncle Pete stole the show.
We also took the opportunity to get a nice family photo of the all grandkids/great-grandkids. We're a photogenic bunch, no?
With the snow still falling the day after Christmas, grandma went and bought a sled and we took turns pulling Harrison around the driveway while he laughed merrily. Definitely got to get him out on a sled more often.
Harrison got to open one last gift before we left, since our friends Chris and Nicole sent over a late birthday gift. Harrison got a dump truck from them, which he loved and began pushing it around making truck noises before it was even out of the box.
