Christmas at Home

Seeing how Christmas was over a week ago, I figured I'd better get a post up. Christmas was kinda a bummer picture wise. I just didn't take any pictures. We didn't take a family pic, a Christmas card pic (or send out cards...don't take me off your lists!), a night before Christmas pic, a new jammies pic, pictures opening up presents! What was wrong with me!?!? Oh, well. I did get some.

Christmas Eve didn't really go as planned. Christopher got home from work late so we just had time to eat our traditional steak dinner for Christmas Eve and then went looking around at Christmas lights around the neighborhood and while out, the kids fell asleep! We didn't even get a chance to read our stories or anything. But the nice side of this was that the kids were asleep and we didn't have to fight their excitement in getting them to sleep for Santa to come.

Christmas right after Santa came but before the kids woke up at 5AM ready to start Christmas! We did manage to get them to lay in bed with us for a half hour more, but that's all we could ask of them!

Here is a dark video capturing the kids expressions as they walked into Santa's booty Christmas morning. I have no pictures of them opening their gifts from all their family that sent gifts and neighbors who gave them (including our "Christmas Pixies") and of course Santa. Everyone was more than overloaded with fun and excitement. Lots of Ponies, board games, video games (for Wii and Nintendo DS), hot wheel cars and tracks, and a ginormous amount of Lego's. I have to say there were a few surprise favorites.

I think one of the biggest hits was the Step 2 roller coaster (but Mrs. Clause paid less than half of retail for however, nearly lost her life securing it!!!). We knew Caden would be in 7th heaven given his history earlier this year. The surprise was that ALL the kids are crazy for it. Bonus! It also means all the kids fight over whose turn it is and a 2 year old that believes it's all "mine".

Caden loved his and Gavin's transformer play tent and his own set of Lego blocks. He mostly used it as a car fort for his mother load of cars he got for Christmas.

Reese was happy with more dress up dresses and playing with her ponies and Tinkerbell fairy's in her new princess play tent.

Daddy and Gavin loved their new Nerf target game for the Wii.

I think the biggest surprise was the Pokemon game that has overtaken the house. Gavin has asked for some Pokemon game cards I think just about every shopping trip we have taken this year and I've always said no. We just didn't think he would know how to really play and would just wind up losing cards. Well, Santa decided to give it a try and batta bing! Gavin totally knows what to do and the surprise is that Daddy is way into it too! They play for hours together and have spent all their holiday cash getting MORE cards! Gotta level up!

Gavin and Christopher's new favorite place to shop together!

Buying more Pokemon cards!