Family Gifts

Opening gifts from siblings.

After playing with our Santa gifts for awhile we decided it was time to go up the the Christmas tree and open gifts from family members.  The kid each had a gift from mom and dad and one from a sibling (whoever picked their name earlier in the month.)  We started with the gift from their sibling and every child was very happy with the gift they received.  Though they are happy to get a gift I love how they look intently at the kids who's present they bought, wanting to see their reaction.  They're so excited for their sibling to get a gift and to enjoy that gift that they bought.  It's so fun to see.  After those were opened we opened gifts from mom and dad.  They were a hit.  We had a lot of fun playing with our toys and enjoying the relaxing day together.

The boys, with help from Daddy, opening their sibling gifts.

Hannah got a huge elephant from Dan.  I always wanted a huge stuffed animal when I was little.  Lucky girl.

Adam got a popper toy from Sarah.  He (and Dan) love it.

Gracie got a ballerina dress from Hannah. I think Hannah chose it  because she really wanted it, but it turned okay because Gracie loves it.

Dan loves his fishing boat from Gracie.

Ben and Sarah showing off their toys.  Ben's light saber set came from Adam (with some help from Sarah) and Sarah got her Littlest Pet Shop toys from Ben.

Hannah and Gracie shared their toy from Mom and Dad.  They got 7 princess Barbies, they were in heaven.

The kids with their gifts from mom and dad.  Dan and Adam got 'Cars' shaky cars, Ben got a double bladed 'Nerf' sword, the little girls got Barbies, and Sarah got. . .

A phone.
Boy was she surprised.  We decided instead of getting her an MP3 player we'd just go ahead and use our 3rd, unused cell phone and upgrade it and give it to Sarah.  She was so surprised and absolutely loved it.

The boys playing with their toys.  Merry Christmas everyone.