Christmas

Matthew was up by 5:30 on Christmas morning, but the girls slept in until 7. (Sarah claims she was up multiple times during the night, but we didn't see her until around 7.) We headed down a bit after 7 to open our stockings.

Our stockings.

The kids' stockings. Sarah's big gift is a detective kit. Megan got Cinderella's carriage Legos and Matthew got a Lego city set with a firetruck, ambulance and police motorcycle.

What a pretty tree!

As he's done in past years, Matthew focused in on his big Santa gift, wanting daddy to help him put his Lego firetruck together, effectively ignoring his stocking for quite awhile. We had to prod him a bit to get him to open it. The girls, on the other hand, while excited about their big gifts, were also eager to open all the little packages that came in their stockings and were excitedly opening them and comparing what they got.

After opening our stockings, we had a yummy waffle. By "we," I mean U and Me. The kids hardly ate any. Must be because they were munching on all the goodies Santa left in their stockings.

We then opened the gifts under our tree. We sure got a lot of nice presents. How blessed we are!

Matthew with his gifts. He was so excited to get his very own belt. He's taken to putting on mom's or dad's lately and this one fits much better! He also got a lot of Legos (fire chief and motorcycle fire guy plus his big set), Play-doh, a recycle truck, a pressed penny book, Click magazine, Little Bear book, an astronaut shirt and a red church outfit. His picture also shows the Magic Kit and My First Carcassonne game the kids received.

Megan with her gifts. She was excited to get a "Nemo" game (Spot It Jr). She also got lots of Legos (Merida, Emma's car plus Cinderella's carriage), a nightgown with a matching one for baby, a dress with a matching one for baby, My Little Pony, Ping, pressed penny book and Ladybug magazine.

Sarah with her gifts. She was glad Matthew gave her some Legos since her siblings got so many! She also received a detective kit, a skirt and sweater, a sparkly hoodie, two Frozen posters, Owl pillows to sew, The Penderwicks, pressed penny book and Cricket magazine. Her picture also shows the books the kids received from their grandparents.

U with his gifts. He got a really old version of Risk as well as a head massager, Red 7, Pandemic the Cure, The Road to Oz, a nice white shirt, Thunder Wing Legos, Train Legos, socks and chocolate.

Me with my gifts. The CD I'm holding is a Piano Guys CD that is signed and personalized. I also received soft socks and summer socks, a soft, warm robe, a shirt, puzzle books, a bird's nest ornament, Jane Austen's Matchmaker game and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with a weekend day trip planned by U. I'm also holding a Noah's Ark puzzle our family received.

We got popcorn from Emily and Caleb and movie tickets from the Kramps. Yeah!

We didn't get any pictures from the rest of the day. It went something like this: assembling lots of Legos, playing with Legos and evenly dispersing Legos throughout the house (easier to step on that way). Yes, we got a ton of Legos! I think around 1600 or so. We also talked to family on the phone and enjoyed a yummy ham dinner.

We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!