Christmas in Washington

We flew all the way across the country to spend Christmas with Josh's family in Washington.  The flights there were a little rough (a 5.5 hour flight plus a 3 hour flight).  Then due to the 3 hour time change, Rex woke up the next morning at 3:30am local time.  THAT was a fun morning!  Luckily, we all adjusted quickly and had a great week in Washington.

Josh taught Rex how to play a hunting game on the Wii, which he loved and called, "shooting bears game" for the rest of the week.

Rex also loved the PJ's that grandma got him for Christmas morning.

On Christmas Eve we did a puppet show of the nativity.  I got to be Mary, and Rex was baby Jesus.  He took his role very seriously.

Aunt Kelsey and Uncle Jer were the animals and the wise men.

Then Daddy read, The Night Before Christmas, which is a tradition with my family.  Rex was entranced.

We wrote a letter to Santa and left him some treats.  Rex was hesitant to leave Santa anything good so he got carrots and a few M&Ms.  Hope Santa liked his diet!

Santa came all the way to Grandma's house and brought the only thing Rex had been asking for.  A toy helicopter (heppacopter) with a green propeller and a red button.  A pretty tall order for even Santa to fill.  Luckily, Santa talked to just the right little "helper" and found Rex's exact request on eBay. Phew!

We got to visit with Josh's grandparents and remembered to take a picture while we were all together.

Rex's other great-Grandpa, Phil, (who he is named after) restored this little pedal car just for Rex.  From what I understand he spent a great deal of time on it and it was a very special reveal.  Rex loved riding it up and down the street.  For the rest of the week, each time he went two doors down to great-Grandpa's, he rode the pedal car.

More bowling, only this time Rex was done after about 5 frames and wanted to go home.  I loved that they had bowling shoes in his size, so cute.

We had a great week with the Garner family and it was SO worth the LONG trip to get out there.