Christmas Morn'

Yea! Christmas morning! What we've been waiting for! They girls came down telling us "Santa's been here!" They were so excited but they handled it quite differently. Livy was so happy to open everything. Starting with the stocking everything she opened she would say "This is just what I always wanted!" to everything from socks to candy. It was pretty funny. It wore off after a few of her regular presents but she was still so excited even though she didn't say to each thing it was just what she always wanted!

Little Buddy wasn't interested in ripping open presents. He just wanted to eat the paper once it was opened and steal the girls stuff!

Now we get to miss Rachel. She knew one of her presents and kept asking for it through opening her stocking. After her stocking she opened the Polly Pocket (or Holly or Molly Pocket as she says) she wanted and that was it. She said she didn't want anymore presents, she didn't want to open any more. So as Livy went through hers we couldn't get Rachel to open any. That was all she wanted. Eric tried to convince her that Santa brings better presents than mom and she might have something better under the tree. Livy opened Pebbles', Eric's, Colt's and my presents and we were still trying to get her to open stuff! Who ever heard of such a thing on Christmas morning for a three year old! I didn't do too good on getting pictures because we were video taping most of it.

Finally she saw something Livy got that she liked so we convinced her to open the rest of hers. And she so so happy when she did! Funny little girl! Rachel got her Polly Pocket doll and stage, the airplane set she asked for from Santa, kitty's in a house, and princesses.

Livy excited and loving it all! Livy got the Thomas the train set she wanted from Santa, a large dump truck, princesses, kitty's in a house, and Polly Pocket stuff.

Colt loving stealing stuff from the tree, the girls piles, or the garbage! It was all a joy to him! He got a few toys but his favorite was a bouncy ball.

Christmas Morning 2010.

Grandma and Grandpa came over a little later to give the kids presents but Colt was already napping. They loved the 101 Dalmatians sets they got and play with them a lot. I love the system we have set up where Grandma and Grandpa visit each family for a little on Christmas morning. It is fun for the kids to be with just them for a little. When we tried the group all together a two years ago it was crazy when the kids tried to open their gifts so this works great.  It was good to see them for a little since we were headed to New York that afternoon and would miss Christmas dinner with the whole family. It was a great Christmas morning and then a quick clean up and finish packing while the girls played with their new toys and then we were off to the airport. Our flight wasn't until four so we still got to have a great Christmas. It was a fun and packed day. We made it safely to my parents house by 9 p.m. just a few hours before the snow started to fall and a just in time for another round of presents!