Christmas Morning

Christmas morning, the kids got up to see that Santa had indeed visited overnight. Lillian came into our room telling us that Andrew was downstairs looking at the presents. I asked, "There are presents??" Lillian replied, "Yes! There are lots of them, come look!" So Brandon and I went down to see them check out all of their new toys. Lillian got the big bicycle she wanted and Andrew got some playsets he loves....especially the Toy Story Landfill playset. He just loves all the Toy Story stuff! Then we opened gifts for each other and Brandon was happy about his new shoes and I love my new Ipod Nano! I was still working out with the original iPod video, so it was bulky to run with and this is so tiny and neat! I love that it has the radio option as well. Afterwards, Marjorie finally woke up and we showed her her gifts which she loved. Then we had to quickly get dressed to head to Shiner for the day.

Lillian's Santa gifts

Lillian checking it all out

Andrew playing with his Toy Story Landfill

Andrew's Santa goodies

Marjorie and her Santa gifts

SANTA

We got dressed up today and went to visit Santa! The kids were so cute this year. They went right up to him and Andrew looked all shy as they sat on his lap. Lillian leaned across and and whispered in Andrew's ear to remind him to tell Santa he wanted dinosaur toys for Christmas! ha ha....Then Andrew said "Dinosaurs" softly to Santa and then Lillian went on tell Santa what she wanted. I was so glad we didn't have any scaredy-cats this year! Marjorie was a little unsure of being held with her brother and sister, but it was a cute picture!

Santa Came!

Santa visited our house last night. He knows we will be in Alto for Christmas, so he wanted to make sure the kids got their gifts before then. Lillian ran down the stairs this morning and was so excited! Andrew was a little less excited. I think he just wanted his normal morning routine. He came down and stared and then asked for his poptart! ha ha....He finally was excited later and rode his tricycle around the house quite a bit today. Lillian loved it all, but especially her Leapster! She wouldn't put it down to eat or anything! I think we have created a new video game monster!

We Visited Santa

We went to the mall this afternoon and had our annual visit with Santa. Lillian went right up and jumped in his lap, but I had to place Andrew there. At least he did sit with him this year and I didn't have to be in the photo, but he wouldn't smile. I think he was a little nervous about it all! We all survived though and it was a successful trip!

Christmas Day 2009

Christmas morning, we were at our house this year, which is nice so that Santa can visit our house on Christmas Eve! Lillian helped me bake cookies on Christmas Eve and we put some out for Santa before bedtime. The first thing she checked when she got up that morning was to see the cookies. She asked, "Where the cookies!?" I said that Santa ate them and she looked upset at me and said "More cookies!" I think she wanted to eat them herself.

Then I reminded her she better look under the tree and she was excited to see her new doll and tricycle. She climbed right on. Andrew creeped down the stairs and wasn't sure what was going on, but he was excited to start using his new vaccuum when he saw it.

Later, we left and drove to Shiner for the day to spend Christmas with Brandon's parents and siblings. It was a nice visit and there was way too much food! The kids were going ninety to nothing all day and with no nap. Andrew loved his new shoes he opened and Lillian's favorite gifts were her new dress-up clothes. (She has worn them everyday since.)

Needless to say, after 5 minutes on the road, I looked back to see this! All tuckered out on Christmas day!