Lucas & Olivia's Gifts

We got gift money from John's family for the kids' Christmas, but since Lucas and Olivia are just now sort of able to grasp the idea of Santa Clause, we decided to get them gifts on Amazon and let them have them now so they can distinguish between gifts from gma & gpa & granny, from the presents they get Christmas morning from Santa.
    Unfortunately, they came in 3 different shipments, so for the past 3 days we've been getting boxes delivered---leading L & O to think they will be getting toys everyday! lol. We are set to get the last shipment sometime today. I'll update then. The first day we got this Leapfrog Tag Junior toy, which reads books and does activities with your toddler. It's awesome because you plug it in to download each book's sounds (we have 2 books so far) and you can also download their name! So this little guy says "Olivia" or "Lucas". Lucas plays with it some, but surprisingly Olivia really took to it and is starting to follow the instructions and knows her shapes :)
      

Lucas is like a grown kid now--he doesn't want clothes or books--he wants toys! Although yesterday Olivia played with his leapfrog junior and he played with my scarf...

  

   Then yesterday morning we got a big box---we ordered this play kitchen and it's awesome. It was a great price too. It was hard for me to put together at first because as people in the reviews had said, some of the pieces didn't connect just right so they weren't flush. I slightly modified a couple pieces so it fits right. It makes water, stove and grill noises and has a phone. It was fun to watch them play with it all day without the tv. It even has a little seat to feed your baby in---which will be great for the dolls Olivia might* get from Santa :)
Look at Lucas' snarky comment---"it's no book! it's toys!"

 Handy mommy finally finished!

 Time to feed rainbow bright :)

 This is Olivia saying a bratty, "mine!" when I asked for a drink...

Here's a little compilation of videos taken yesterday:

 He was cooking crabby patties like Spongebob.

Thanks grandma kaka and granny--they are very happy already and it's not even Christmas yet :)

    We figured we could get a big thing like that since we will be moving soon and they can have a big play area finally. We also donated a bunch of toys and clothes to goodwill. I already started packing shelves up and taking down pictures. We are moving ourselves this time so I am trying to pack things now so that once the flooring and paint is done, we can rent a truck/van and gradually move our things at our own pace. We are set to close this coming Tuesday!

    And then Susan is coming out to visit and teach the babies some new dance moves while I paint in January. It will be so fun to record their interactions with aunt Susan because its been almost a year and they are talking pretty well. And have lots of attitude too! Pretty awesome for her to help watch them too-excited to start painting, but I know this will be a bigger challenge than the Williamsburg house so I am just gonna take it one room at a time.

   Anyway, the kids are getting spoiled, but I love to see them using their imaginations. Plus Lucas has been excellent with potty training. He knows when he needs to poop, so he tells me to take him to the bathroom, instead of his little potty--and once I set him down he smiles and says "go away mommy. go away mommy!" so he can have his privacy. And I guess my always talking about gross stuff or laughing at farts etc rubbed off on him, because he is so proud when he takes a big poop, or multiple ones--he brags to us all. :)

   Another bad habit we unintentionally started...it happens to all little boys, but he thinks it's so funny (and we can't help but encourage when we bust out laughing) when he informs us that he has a "boner!" I heard Olivia saying it in the bath the other night and then I heard Lucas telling her "no, Lala has no boner". She got mad. Yeah not a great habit. We have time before Kindergarten for them to stop saying it right?