Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night

Well, Christmas and Birthday are over. My baby is now 11! Ugh! Where does the time go? We had a great day. Zachary even said it was the best day of his life! We were up at 6:00 am. Steve and I actually got up first, to let the dog out and pee. Zachary was awake in his bed quietly playing his PSP when I went to check on him. He said he has been up since 4 am, but was just waiting because he told us he would wake us up at 7:00! How considerate! When I was a kid, most years Suzie and I used to wake my parents up long before 4 am! Z of course had already gone down stairs and scoped out the presents in the wee hours of the night, but that's to be expected. He was so cute, instead of tearing through his presents upon first look, he immediately searches for the gifts he has gotten us to open first. Such a thoughtful kid we got lots of really cool gifts from him. He even bought the baby a snow globe that plays "Away in the manger" and his first stocking. It took about an hour and a half to open all the presents! He was most excited about the quad sitting in our backyard. However, he only owns 49%. Steve owns the other 51% and there for has controlling interest! Smart man! The boys were busy riding that around our backyard for a few hours. Zachary moved on to other new toys to play with as Steve and I cleaned up to get ready for the 6pm birthday party. It was chaotic as usual, but well worth the hub bub. He was floored when he opened his new ipod nano from Crystal. He was hoping for that in the worst way. He kept saying all day how lucky he was, and I kept telling him to remember that next time he calls me crabby! Guests were gone by about 9pm. I was exhausted, only running on 3 hours of sleep as it was. I turned in early and FINALLY got some rest. YEAH! We let Zachary stay up late and to our surprise, he still did the dishes for us and made us coffee for the morning. What a great kid! Hope your holidays were great!