Merry Christmas

Well a belated Merry Christmas to everyone! We had church on Christmas Eve and frosted/decorated the sugar cookies for Santa afterwards. Christmas morning was, of course, a crazy morning just like our family. AB loved the vanity but at first didn't know what to do with it other than stare at it. D was excited about the cyberpocket vsmile system and J was, of course, excited to hear a phone ring and realize that it was his box from Santa that the ringing was coming from. The rest of the morning was a blur of wrapping paper but I think the big hit for AB was the vanity and blowdryer; for D the Indiana Jones whip, and J said his favorite gift was the basketball shoes.

Brad and I love Christmas - seeing the kids open up their gifts with such enthusiasm and seeing the delight on their faces. It makes us feel like children as well. Seeing AB's first Christmas with us was truly a blessing - Brad had to open up most of her gifts but she seemed to be in a daze and than she got hungry so we had to stop for awhile. She seemed to get more into it after she ate - she loves her food.

Believe it or not - the first gift I thought of and bought for D was the guitar and I forgot to bring it out!!!!! I was staring at the Dora blocks for AB and I remembered that I didn't see D open up the Diego blocks so I went looking and found the blocks and the guitar so D had a couple of afternoon gifts. By the way, he's soooo great on the guitar (I love you D).

Santa Claus is coming to town

Well D has been singing "Santa Claus is coming to town" for the past week now. He is at that age where he's so excited about everything that happens at Christmas - his excitement is very catching! J is excited to be done with school for 2 weeks. We did get J's end of grading testing scores from last spring and he tested at the top 6% in math - we are very proud. He also found a new book that interests him - finding a book he likes to read can be challenging at times so we are also thankful for this. Little AB has no idea what is going on - she sees the tree and pretty lights and even a few presents from relatives under the tree but she has no idea. She got a stocking from daycare and was showing it to everyone. The countdown is nearly over and we wish everyone a Merry Christmas and God Bless all our family and friends.