Christmas morning

We let the kids sleep in the same room on Christmas Eve (same rule applies as under the tree - you have to be at least three to participate, so Hudson slept in a room by himself). They also wanted Christmas lights on while they slept. Those two elements combined with all three kids sleeping on the floor (even though there were two perfectly good beds in the room), and the fact that it was Christmas Eve meant not much sleep for anyone.

Annie, Noah, and Brig were all awake at 5:00 a.m. We told them they couldn't come in our room until 6:30, so they were good and stayed relatively quiet in their room. But Chris and I couldn't sleep anymore, so we dragged Hudson out of bed around 6:00 or so, and we went downstairs to see what Santa brought us.

Brig's trying to talk to us with a chocolate santa stuffed in his mouth.
Annie was thrilled with the dishes, books, and other accessories for her fairies.


Army men just like Noah wanted!

Hotwheels Trick Tracks - Santa did read Brig's mind!

Tag team camera action - we're trying to capture every moment!

Thanks and hugs all around





In school Annie had to do whole project on an animal that she made up, including it's habitat, maps of the area it lives in, ect. In art she made a sculpture of it, the "marian fisheater." She gave the sculpture to Chris.

I have to add one more thing - I got some scented soaps in my stocking, and I was letting everyone smell one of them. Noah said, "Mmm, that smells good. It smells like hair." Hair??