Santa Came to Our House

Finally, a cute family picture of the six of us.  It was the Sunday before Christmas and we were all dressed in our finest attire, looking cute and Christmas-y.  Even with the picture taking, we still make it to church before the opening hymn was over.  Quite a feat for us, I must say.

Because we travel so much over Christmas, we ask Santa to come to our house a couple of days early.  This year he came on the Monday morning before Christmas.  The kids left cookies, candy and milk for Santa and sugar cubes and water for Rudolph.  Fortunately we know just what Santa likes.  The kids even left double for Mrs. Claus.  Wasn't that thoughtful?  Of course they left a note, and Santa was nice enough to write them back.  

Elise discovered a Hannah Montana beanbag chair amongst her stuff, which she loved.   She likes to sit in it when she watches a show or movie.  

Elise was more than a little excited by these "rock star boots", as she called them.  She's wanted boots like this for a long time and Santa delivered.

Ian loved everything he opened and he got lots of cool boy stuff to counteract all the girly things around this house.  Here he is with something Elise picked out for him.  Is that face priceless or what?

Ian also found a beanbag chair on Christmas morning.  He likes it and looks too cute sitting in it!

Merry Grace was a little shocked by the early-ness of the hour, so it took her a little while to get into the groove of Christmas.  She got lots of fun things, including these fancy shoes.  She told me she got "Five Shoes" which wasn't quite true.  I'm pretty sure we bought them in pairs, so I think that made six shoes or three pairs. :)  Either way, she has LOVED them.

This is what she really wanted for Christmas--a baby doll.  She loves it and is such a good mommy to her baby.  She tells me all that time that she's going to be the mommy to her babies, not me.  And she's right. :)

Baby Paige was just a little too small to open many presents this year, so she had to have lots of help.  I don't think it mattered much to her what she got, but Santa knows that even a little baby needs a few presents.