New Years Eve

We first went to Charlotte's birthday party on New Years Eve and then the big boys and I had a party in the basement. We had a ton of snacks and candy, watched the Matrix, played video games and then things got real wild with the poppers and silly string. The basement got trashed. We made it up passed midnight and saw the ball drop. Cole and Henry also got their first taste of champagne. It didn't look like they loved it. We actually also fit in a showing of The Naked Gun. I think we finally called it a night around 1-1:30am.   

The boys, especially Henry were exhausted the next day. I was impressed how good they were picking up that disaster of a basement though. 

Cole tried a big slam, but didn't know the champagne bubbles would fight back. He ended up drooling a bunch on the floor. His second, slower sip went much better. 

Christmas Day

Santa came! I think everyone was pretty happy, which is always good to see. The bigger gifts were a baseball bat for Henry and Airpods for Cole. Although Henry's favorite may have been his temporary tattoo markers. We all have lots of tats now. Henry also really loved his box full of candies and snacks from around the world. Gus and Lou got the trucks they've been talking about for at least a month, so they were very happy about that. 

After Santa presents in the morning we went to Grandma Debbie's and Grandpa Gregg's house. It was just us, so it was a nice and quiet Christmas. It was also nice to have the Packers on. And even better to see them win. 

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was at Grandma Chris and Grandpa John's as usual. It was nice to see the Hanlon's. And as always Jess and Dan and kids. Unfortunately no Uncle Jer, Aunt Karla or Ellie this year.  

Gus often asks for spikey hair

After Grandma and Grandpa's we opened our family presents. Gus and Lou got some driving things. Kristin and I will be taking Cole and Henry to their first ever concert in February to see Imagine Dragons. That should be fun. I will also be taking the bigs to a Bucks game. 

Henry also got a singing machine. We are not good singers, but it was fun trying. I don't think I've ever done karaoke before. And for the sake of ears, I may never do it again. 

Once again, I think the setup looks pretty good. It took Kristin probably three days to wrap all the presents this year. I'd help, but the boys would think something was wrong with Santa or one of his elves. I can't wrap very well.