Another one bites the dust.

Another Christmas, that is.

Merry Christmas
from the boy and the girl!

We had the BEST Christmas and I hope all of you did, too!

The kids slept in until about 8:00 am, I was up at 6:30, which is totally unheard of for me, so I had a chance to get a half a pot of coffee into me before I needed to be coherent.

The kids had SO MUCH fun. The first thing the boy did was check to see that the reindeer ate their snack. He was pleased to find the banana gone and the carrot mostly gone. He figures they must have really liked it by the way the carrot was gnawed on. ;) Santa ate his snack and left a chocolate orange for the family. The boy had been wanting to try one for awhile so he was very excited which was followed by disappointment when he found out that whacking it on the table would not cause things to fall out of the ceiling like it does on the commercials. I, personally, am grateful that a woman in a bubble bath didn't fall from the ceiling when I whacked that orange on the table.

Here they are with Santa's goodies the night before.


Here's what they found the next morning.

Santa is a good eater and as you can see, he drank all his chocolate milk.

Oh, Christmas Tree, oh, Christmas Treeeeee . . .
how something something sooooomething
(the words escape me . . . )

Here are the humble beginnings of our pretty little tree.




The finished product. Tah - Dah!!




There were no presents under the tree until this morning (it was piled just as high on the other side) so here's what the kids woke up to.


Fun, eh?!?


And here's what I woke up to.


Fun too, eh?!? Ha ha!

(He's such a good sport. I love him so much. *batting eyelashes*)

So needless to say, the kids had a blast opening their gifts. First they opened their stockings and then they started in on their presents. We just made piles for each of them and let them go to town!




It's late, but I have more to add. I'll finish it up tomorrow.

Goodnight!