Christmas Morning

Look what Santa brought! Man, he is GOOD! Yeah! ha ha.

He even made an awesome lolly/candy trail from their bedroom to their stockings. When Charlotte woke up and noticed the snickers on the ground, she was so giddy. She followed the trail and went straight to a stocking. We woke Jack up and showed him the lollies. He loved it.

They're checking out the loot Santa brought.

They were fascinated at the note Santa left for them. He thanked them for the cookies and milk. And he told them that Rudolph was so hungry he went into the fridge to grab a carrot. Good thing because we forgot to set one out for him! What a smart smart Santa.

She's SO happy now that her tooth broke through :)

Ma and Grandpa gave these Gingerbread boy, girl and giraffe to the kids. We set them out with their stockings so they could have big cuddles with them. Thank you so much, Ma and Grandpa!!

It was such a great morning. We started about 8:25am and it took about 40 minutes to open the gifts. For awhile, we just let the kids open theirs (taking a turn each). And it was so fun to see their faces. They loved all the presents we gave them, Santa gave them and what their Grandparents gave them.

Jack's first present he opened. What is it?!

It's a Cars plate!

What's Charlotte's first gift?

A wooden train. She was asking for a train for Christmas!

Kate enjoyed the wrapping and the boxes and could care less about what she got!

She's opening her big gift for Christmas.

A "lap top!"

Jack's big gift for Christmas.

A workbench! This kid plays with this and the tools every day. Constantly!

Of course, Charlotte gets in the action too :)

The kids mainly got clothes, 4 or 5 toys they've been wanting and dvds. Wade and I kept it simple and we gave each other some dvds and smelly fruity soaps. I got Wade a new blade for his saw and he got me a gift card to Old Navy for Jeans. So that was fun!

For breakfast, Wade made our traditional Croissant, Ham, Cheese and Tomato sandwiches with OJ. And the kids just kept playing with their toys!

My parents gave the kids their ornaments and a few little things like stickers and candy and we got some dvds and of course the annual family history item. This year it was 3 videos that were taken when my grandmother got married in 193something?? mom, when?? And a few more journal pages. Thank you mom and dad!!

And Wade's parents were kind enough to give us a gift card to use at either Walmart or Sam's Club and the cute stuffed gingerbread people and giraffe for the kids. And we used the gift card towards a purchase of a Wii bundle :) It's been SO much fun to play and to exercise on!

Thank you Ma and Grandpa!