{"id":5284,"date":"2010-12-28T21:17:29","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T03:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=5284"},"modified":"2010-12-28T21:17:29","modified_gmt":"2010-12-29T03:17:29","slug":"christmas-2010-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/28\/christmas-2010-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas 2010 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We didn&#8217;t take quite as many pictures this Christmas as we did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/29\/christmas-2009-recap-the-littlest-apples-big-haul\/\">last year<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m hoping some of the grandparents have some additional photos of the celebrations at their houses.\u00c2\u00a0 We had a truly wonderful Christmas!\u00c2\u00a0 This was The Littlest Apple&#8217;s first year to really understand Santa (and the story of baby Jesus&#8217; birth!) so it was especially magical (if you can call a Christmas full of chainsaws, jackhammers and other boy toys magical).<\/p>\n<p>From Santa, The Littlest Apple received a toy jackhammer and a toy chainsaw, which were at the top of his wish list.\u00c2\u00a0 He wore the accompanying safety goggles for most of Christmas morning&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5288\" title=\"Christmas 2010 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-1.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-1-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He couldn&#8217;t even let go of his chainsaw long enough to check out his stocking&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5289\" title=\"Christmas 2010 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-2.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-2-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of his favorite gifts from mommy and daddy was a University of Texas football helmet.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s way too big, even though I ordered the smallest one I could find.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5290\" title=\"Christmas 2010 3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-3.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-3-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5295\" title=\"Christmas 2010 4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-41.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-41-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5294\" title=\"Christmas 2010 5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-5.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-5-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Littlest Apple&#8217;s favorite gifts from his grandparents included a claw machine (who knew that you could have your own personal claw machine?!\u00c2\u00a0 how cool is that?!)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5296\" title=\"Christmas 2010 6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-6.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-6-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>a shaving kit&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5297\" title=\"Christmas 2010 7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-7.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Christmas-2010-7-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plasmacar.com\/content\/plasmacar\">Plasma Car<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 We stopped taking pictures by this time but this is such a FUN toy!!\u00c2\u00a0 All of the adult children had fun trying out the Plasma Car too (and I&#8217;m sure there are some pictures somewhere to document that.\u00c2\u00a0 Mom, if you have photos of The Littlest Apple (or maybe even his Uncle John) riding the Plasma Car, could you send them my way?\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;d love to add them to this post!)<\/p>\n<p>And in case you were wondering, I got a Kindle and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisaleonardonline.com\/teenie-tiny-initials-necklace-P100C8.aspx\">Lisa Leonard Necklace<\/a> from The Picky Apple, and lots of great stuff from the rest of the family too.\u00c2\u00a0 A very Merry Christmas indeed!<\/p>\n<p>We took down our Christmas decorations yesterday, and I&#8217;m cleaning house, planning new projects (including choosing a paint color for the entire downstairs!), and reflecting and resolution making for the upcoming year.\u00c2\u00a0 In the next few days, I&#8217;ll be sharing some Best of 2010 posts as we get ready for 2011!<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/28\/christmas-2010-recap\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We didn&#8217;t take quite as many pictures this Christmas as we did last year.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m hoping some of the grandparents have some additional photos of the celebrations at their houses.\u00c2\u00a0 We had a truly wonderful Christmas!\u00c2\u00a0 This was The Littlest Apple&#8217;s first year to really understand Santa (and the story of baby Jesus&#8217; birth!) so 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