Santa Came!

Are my kids the ONLY 2 who have to be woken up to go see what Santa brought?!  I mean my sister and I use to stay up pacing.  At about 3 or 4 we would try to sleep, but we were so excited!  I hope my kids feel all the magic of Christmas as they get older and I also hope they make memories together like my sister and I did as kids.

 Ready to DIVE in and can hardly wait another minute! 

 Ready to go eat or go back to bed! 

Oscar says to move over guys!!!

Why does she look so grown up here?! 

Excited now!!

On the hunt for his next one. 

Oscar knows the drill!  He can go under any Christmas tree and find his presents!

He loved his new Paw patrol shirt !

Look at my new loot guys!

Olivia got her daddy socks!  She thought it was so funny. 

Easton got me a race car and coffee.  That's what he told John he wanted to give me, so I got a purple hot wheel and Starbucks GC.  Olivia gave me 2 necklaces and a bath and bodyworks GC.  That's one of her favorite places.  On one necklace she wrote a note saying to share with her.  Precious.  Unforgettable gifts from their little hearts. 

What do you mean that's it??

 Oh, you mean no more for me.  Look at that pitiful face!

I think he likes what his sister got him!

Pure excitement!

Priceless!

 Apparently before someone went to get their bath, they played with some of her new stuff.  Love the surprises on the camera!

Goodbye Skippy!  See you next year! 

What a great morning!  Off to Mammy and Buppy's to enjoy more family time, lunch and presents!!

Christmas Eve

I used to think Christmas Eve drug on and on as a kid.  It was a never ending day.  Now I know why mom has always said it is her favorite day of the season.  I soaked it in (until 11:15 and I was grumpy and wanted to go to bed!) and enjoyed all of it!  We had a great day.  We woke up to Skippy hanging around one last time!

We didn't have to be anywhere until dinner so I went for a run on a gorgeous day in shorts and a tshirt.  We still had some crafts to finish up, so we worked on those and put them out in the sun!  The kids made handprint mittens this year for the grandparents.  I thought they turned out really cute.  What's a craft without glitter?!  I had to make 5 batches of this dough.  I didn't do salt dough because I saw a recipe for "better than salt dough."  Yep, I fell for it.  I hope they are still in one piece next year.  I sprayed them with several coats of modge podge so hopefully that will help.

It was crazy warm (78 degrees when it is normally 40).  I came home and we went to the pet store for Oscar to do some shopping and then to Lowes just because we could.

We played outside and wrapped some presents.  Olivia took a lot of pride in wrapping her daddy's gifts and her brother's.  We headed over to mom's for dinner, cookie baking and a few presents to finish out the night.

Yep, that new bottle of sprinkles he is holding ended up on the floor.  Easton got a wee bit carried away.  I think he did better decorating last year.  

 Mom read a story to them, but these two goons were too busy arguing over who could sit next to Mammy.  We tried to get one on the other side, but they were not having that.  

They got Christmas pj's, but I don't think anyone got a successful picture of that.  It was late so we gathered up to head home for Santa to come.  Before we could go to bed, we got to give Skippy hugs and love.  He lifts his magic for us to do this on Christmas Eve!  

Back up little brother, I need some time with Skippy!

Giving Skippy love, but no tears this year!  We know he will come back.  

Throwing out our reindeer food!  

 I didn't know they had snuck upstairs to take pics with Skippy until I downloaded my memory card!  Too cute!

Ready and waiting for the big guy to come!

Merry Christmas Eve!  Happy early Birthday to Baby Jesus!

Christmas--round 2

We went to Daddy-Bud's and Connie's to have Christmas with them.  Olivia had a great time with their pups!

(side note---see that snazzy claw foot antique chair in the back ground?  In about an hour the cousins were sitting on it and the leg completely broke off.  Poor Connie.  She took it really well!  Thank goodness my kids weren't on it!) 

It was still so nice and warm out that we got to enjoy the huge porch as well as inside!  It was a great visit.  They always do a breakfast and it was yummy as usual!  Olivia and Easton cleared out quite a few eggs!
Easton was absolutely in love with this snow globe they had.  Glad it was durable or it wouldn't have made it through him!

Present time!  

Only 2 more sleeps until Santa!