Josh is a money-maker and a deal-finder. He subscribes to multiple websites that he scours for the perfect deal on anything and everything. So, of course he did much of his Christmas shopping this way. Just when I thought we had finished buying for the boys, Josh told me that he found a Power Wheels Jeep for $50. Knowing how much our friends had spent, it seemed too good to lose. The Jeep arrived while we were out of town and was thrown in the basement for safe keeping. All was well until Ethan and his friends decided to head down the stairs to trash the place. Well, it dawned on Josh that he hadn’t really hidden the present very well, so he threw the kids out of his way and flew down the stairs. You would think he would have just done a better job hiding it or stuck it in the forbidden storage area, but no, Josh stuck it in the spare bedroom and locked the door. That’s right, LOCKED the door. So now it was not only hidden from Ethan but from the rest of us as well. Josh was convinced that he would just straighten a hanger and pop the door open.
Great plan until Christmas Eve rolled around and we needed to get to wrapping. Josh armed himself with a hanger and went to work picking the lock. Well, 007 he is not because he couldn’t quite get in. It turns out that the lock was not a “push button” lock, but one that he had to turn. Those are not easily popped open. By the time I came downstairs 15 minutes later, half the door knob was off, tools were strewn about and Josh was getting a running start to break down the door. I reminded him that it wasn’t one of the children on the other end and that even his love for Christmas wouldn’t break the door down. I told him to call his dad and I would figure it out. Luckily, I am the daughter of an engineer and after using my brain and thinking really hard (and finding a pair of pliers,) I broke in. I finally laid eyes on the Jeep and realized that the reason the car was only $50 was that it was for children up to the age of 4. It was a one- seater and Ethan is almost at capacity. We decided to leave it in the box and send it back.
Well Christmas morning came rather quickly, and after opening all the presents (including every Green Lantern toy ever made, a drum set and, of course, a skeleton mask) there was one giant present left for Everett. What did my lovely in-laws buy? A Power Wheel Kawasaki! And what did Ethan decide to commandeer? A Power Wheel Kawasaki! It became pretty clear that sharing was not going to happen, so at 6 o’clock Christmas night, Josh retreated to the basement to put together the Jeep. Once assembled, I took Ethan out for a late-night drive. Unfortunately, the idea of a steering wheel is a foreign concept to Ethan and instead of actually turning it, he jumped out every two seconds to realign the car by hand. After 10 minutes of this, he quit and the Jeep has made its way back into our living room where Ethan likes to sit in it and yell for help.
All in all, it was a great holiday. The grandparents were way too generous and I have no idea how Christmas 2k11 will ever be topped. But, with all the large, loud, and shooting presents our little guys accrued, I’m ready to lock it all up in the basement.
Here's a photo of my spooky, scary skeleton:
And the aftermath:
I know some people think that now the holidays are over I will have nothing to write about (and they may be right.) But something tells me that the crazy will never fully end...
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