Christmas Day

Watching my kids on Christmas morning brought back so many memories of my childhood. The energy they have at 6:00 a.m. in the morning is amazing to me and I can't believe I was like that at the age. Josie was the first one up and was in a room saying, "Mommy, Santa came!!" over and over and over! After about 5 minutes of it we finally got up, made them get in a line and said, "GO!" which started the race down the stairs and to the living room. When they saw their chair where Santa had left their toys they were smiling and jumping up and down with complete joy. I remember being that age and taking every gift I got and showing my mom and dad like they had no idea I got it. They were so good to look completely shocked and thrilled for me that I tried to mimic their reaction to my own kids as they showed me their gifts. Our kids didn't get very many toys this year but the ones they did get seemed to satisfy any desire they had!
Thayne showered me with crafting accessories for my card making hobby and a plane ticket to visit my sister next week! He's the best!!!!

Jaed got a marvel hero matching game that he absolutely loved! He played with this more than he played with any other toy he got for Christmas.



















Josie asked for Dora the Explorer stuff so we found this Dora house and TONS of accessories on Craigslist for a very cheap price. My mom helped me clean it up so it looked brand new. She loved it!



















Indi wanted anything that had to do with princesses so when I found this princess scooter I knew she would be overjoyed. That scooter was all over the house! The basket in front was always full of toys that she didn't want anyone to play with.



















Here's little Kai with her one and only gift (from Santa!). It was a great toy to keep her busy and smiling! She didn't know what to do when she first started pushing the buttons and it played music. But she finally decided that she liked it and was bopping her head to the beat.