Christmas Day

Our morning started at 6:45, which was very manageable considering that it could have been a lot earlier. Connor came into our bedroom around 6:30 to use our bathroom and then quietly returned to his bed without making any noises. After 15 minutes, I walked over to his room and asked him if he was going to get up and see if Santa had come yet. He told me that he heard noises out in the living room and didn't want to see what was out there. As soon as he started out the hallway, Maleah got up and followed out, they squealed as soon as they saw all the gifts. It took less than 15 minutes to open it all, but more than an hour trying to get all the toys out of the packaging. The kids have been very happy with the toys that they received from Santa and the family.



Maleah shows all her gifts that Santa brought her. I'd say Santa thought she was a good girl this year.



Connor made out really well, even though we've been telling him over the last few weeks that his behavior better improve or the only thing Santa is bringing is a lump of coal. To our surprise, Connor didn't get any coal from Santa.



Connor has been asking for a Nintendo DS for the last few months so we decided at the last minute to get him one for Christmas. I didn't expect to be buying expensive electronics at 5 years of age, but we gave in. We almost waited until his birthday but we didn't want to ruin his Christmas. This is a priceless picture of when he realized that he did get a DS for Christmas.



The kids had a fantastic Christmas morning, they got the gifts that they really wanted. All Connor wanted was a DS and all Maleah wanted was a babydoll and she got 4 of them. :) Check out my Christmas Pictures for Christmas at our house and all 3 grandparents.