christmas morning @ our house...

here's a peek into our house on christmas morning...

7:00 a.m. wake kids. (yes, you read correctly we wake our children up on christmas morning.) we make our way to the living room to see what santa left.

"olivia wake up! let's go see what santa brought us!"

olivia was soooo excited that santa brought her a pink scooter, handy manny and his toolbox. she was not so sure about the tape measure he brought. she decided on christmas eve that it needed to be a purple tape measure. he didn't get the message in time and brought her the giant blue one. she wanted to be disappointed but decided to be grateful for what she had. (very mature and totally unexpected!!)

"look i got a pink scooter! handy manny! and his tools! AND a tape measure!!"

jack was totally over stimulated by his basketball goal. it cheers and makes all kinds of noise! he has played with it almost everyday and loves it now. his favorite toy christmas morning were the play keys that santa brought. they taste almost as good as mommy's real keys and make lots of noises.


after santa gifts olivia and jack looked in their stockings to see if santa left anything in there. he did! i think olivia was just as excited about the little mermaid toothbrush, pencils, and notepad as she was with her "big" gifts. jack found more to toys that are fun to chew on and some sippy cups, so he was happy!



the kids were perfectly content with all the gifts that they had been given, but there were a few more under the tree from mommy and daddy. these were fun because they were wrapped. olivia and jack LOVED unwrapping the gifts.

olivia and daddy with her "real tools." daddy looks great in the safety gear and if you look closely o is holding the hammer and screw drivers.

jack with more totally over stimulating toys which he now loves!!

we had a really great morning together and now we are off to the grandparents for more christmas fun!!