Christmas Prep...Sankta Lucia...School Pictures

Farmor and Lasse came on Wednesday to do an early Christmas celebration with the boys. I was in school all day so I missed them but when I came home I had some happy boys. Enzo was thrilled over his gifts. Aleksander doesn't really know what was going on but I am quite sure he was thankful nonetheless.

Enzo got a lightsaber! He was thrilled. This was something he was hoping to buy himself once he collected enough stars on his rewards chart. Mattias he could barely control himself when he saw what it was. Wish we would have gotten that on video.

Aleksander got a really cool, Paul Frank/Bell bike helmet...just want his parents wanted for him!

Enzo giving some love. He was so thankful!

I was told that when Enzo was opening this present he had said, "oh, an iron. Thank you Farmor." Mattias said, "Enzo, it's not an iron." E: "Yes it is Pappa." And he was sincerely happy to be getting an iron...but of course it wasn't an iron. It was a Yoda tin box.

It made me really happy to hear how thankful and appreciative he was over his gifts no matter what he may have been. Not many soon-to-be 5 yr olds would have been thrilled if they thought they were getting an iron.

Lucia celebration at Äppelunden Preschool.

Enzo and his buddy Melwin.

Enzo singing with his classmates.

Santa and the gingerbread man who is picking his nose...that's our Aleksander for ya!

Mattias took some funny pics of some lego characters.

Looks like the Evil Dr. Porkchop is up to no good again...now he has put the Christmas village on fire.

Chewbacca meets Santa.

Cuddle time with Pappa.

Aleksander showing interest for trains. Will he be the next train crazy one now that Enzo has left that phase behind him.

Mattias took some pics of our favorite decorations.

This one we received from Auntie Carmen when we were expecting Enzo.

Enzo meeting Santa for the first time at Grandma's old job...BN West CU.

Another fav from Auntie Carmen.

And Mattias favorite...the Seahawks ornament. My mom bought one of these for Mattias and one for my Grandpa. Two diehard fans...Mattias love for the Seahawks started in 2005 when he was first introduced to football and his rules etc and my Grandpas love for the Seahawks runs back as long as I can remember.

Enzo made a gingerbread house with help of his papa. The house was far from success. First off, the gingerbread packages are nothing like the ones you buy in the states. The cookie is rather thin, fragile, you make the frosting/glue yourself and buy the candy separately. The candy I bought was either too heavy or Enzo was pressing a little too hard because the house ended up being called the "The gingerbread ruins". Enzo didn't seem to mind, which was a good thing. We put it out on display for a couple of weeks before retiring it to the trash.

The boys school pictures. They take just group photos, no individuals. I was really happy with the results. Enzo was smiling and Aleksander was at least looking at the camera. I was one happy mama when I saw these pics.

Lucia Train/Celebration

December 13th is St. Lucia Day. You can read about it here.
Last year Enzo was a gingerbread man, this year he wanted to be Santa like Aleksander.

Here we are on our way to Enzo's Lucia celebration at school. It looks like night time but it was 7:40am. Enzo has his suit ontop of his overall...it's cold here and they were doing the celebration outside.

Here's Enzo and some of his classmates.

Here are two video clips. One of the beginning of the Lucia train and then one just watching my boy. Enzo had been practicing his songs all week long only to not even open his mouth during the celebration. Typical.