Merry Christmas!

Waiting upstairs for their turn to see what Santa brought.

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you all had a great day. Ours was filled with lots of presents, lounging around, and good food. It was a wonderful day. We missed everyone and really wish we could have been home for a white Christmas with family.

Gracie, being the youngest went first. We had to wake her up to see what Santa brought her. She wasn't overly impressed and just wanted to go back to bed.

Hannah came next. We were so proud of her for patiently waiting upstairs for her turn. When she came down the first thing she did was sit in her stroller. Kenny then pointed out the doll and Hannah was immediately up and had the doll in the stroller. Hannah loves baby dolls and she loves to push things. I think she was very pleased with what Santa brought her.


Ben Ben got Blackout the transformer that he wanted. It took Kenny almost 20 minutes, with the instructions, to figure out how to transform him into a robot. Ben took him downstairs and came up 5 minutes later with him back into a helicopter. That's our boy. He's super smart. He also loved his leap frog computer and his tools.

Sarah Kate got the doll house she wanted (barbie style). At first all she was interested in was the fact that Santa drank all his egg nog. She thought that was the neatest thing. Then she saw her presents and egg nog didn't matter any more. She was a little disappointed that she didn't get the exact doll house and car she wanted, but then she started playing with the barbies and realized they're for big kids and she was sold.

The kids also enjoyed opening all the many gifts under the tree. Thanks to all those who sent presents. The kids loved all of them. Well Gracie didn't seem to care, but I know deep down inside she was thrilled and just didn't know how to show it! We spent the rest of the day in our pajamas, playing, cooking, eating, and then finally cleaning up. I can't believe another Christmas has come and gone.