Christmas Day!

It's finally here... Christmas Day!  The day the kids have been waiting for...  okay, and mom and dad too.

Alex woke up at 6:00 and came in our room excitedly telling daddy that Santa came!  We had made some rules prior to Christmas.  1. No waking up when Santa is here.  2. No opening presents until you wake up mom and dad.  And last but not least 3. No opening up stockings until mom and dad are awake.

He was so funny because he said, "Rhoslyn got a Barbie... I know because it's sticking out of the stocking.  I didn't take anything out!"

Mom and dad crawled out of bed and Alex went to wake up Rhoslyn.  Then the gift opening began!  Santa fills up the stockings and leaves 1-2 gifts under the tree.  The rest are from mom and dad.  Stockings first, then Santa gifts, and then the rest!  

The best part was Alex's reaction to the Star Wars Jenga At-At Attack Battle Game.  This is the ONE thing he really wanted.  He knew that it was $40 and we kept telling him that he had to put it on his list because it was a lot of money to just buy it.  He said, "You had $40 to buy this for me?"  He freaked when he opened it.  He was so happy and excited that it brought a tear to moms eye.

Rhoslyn was really excited about opening presents at first.  After she opened her Ernie Texting toy she didn't want to open anything else!  Alex and I had to finish her last to gifts for her.  She loves that toy.  She was with me when I bought it and through a fit when I put it in the bag.  (This will be my last year of being able to do that!)  She also loved all of her Minnie toys and was very excited to get a Barbie from Santa.  As soon as she opened one present she wanted it out of the box.  We had to keep telling her that we needed to open all of the gifts before taking anything out of the boxes.  She has been busy all day playing with her new toys!

We have had a very lazy day today and it's been great.  The kids still aren't feeling well and now Billy and I are a bit under the weather.  It was a nice relaxing day watching movies and playing with the kids.  Rhoslyn and mom even took a nice long nap!

When we tucked the kids into bed Alex said, "Mom do I get to play with all of my new toys tomorrow?"  I love how busy the kids stay after Christmas.  So many new toys to play with!  Our living room looks like a tornado ran through it.

Merry Christmas Everyone!  Hope your day was as good as ours!

Dad's new hat and the boxers Alex picked out all on his own!

New slippers!