Christmas!!- Part 1

Christmas has arrived!!  All this anticipation and now the big day was finally here.  We actually "slept in" a bit... the kids didn't start stirring until 7:30 AM!  I got our breakfast casserole heating in the oven, and made sure that Santa had actually come.  He did.  Whew.  (Sydney was a tad bit afraid that he might not.)

He came!

The kids came barreling down the stairs to check out their loot!  And luckily, they got the very things they had wanted!  Sydney had asked for a Frozen alarm clock and Minecraft.  Taylor had asked for blue Converse hightop sneakers.  Parker had asked for a "big truck", with the late addition of a train.

Santa also surprised them with a tablet for them to share.  Yay!

We ate breakfast, sang happy birthday to Jesus, and then headed to open the presents under the tree.  The kiddos unwrapped presents from us, and each other!  There were some class-made presents from Parker to us, and the girls' school does a Santa Shop where we can send in money and they can shop for whomever they decide.  I gave them money to shop for their siblings, and to see their faces light up when their gifts were opened were just priceless.

Getting excited!

This was to Parker from Taylor... some Jake and the Neverland Pirates body wash!

Sydney shopped for me... an adorable pen that said "Mom" :)

A necklace to Sydney from Taylor!

After the tree, we cleaned up, packed up, and headed to my sister's house!