December 25th

Merry Christmas!! The kids were so excited last night that it took them forever to go to sleep. I think Lucy fell asleep around 9:15 or so and the boys probably lasted until 9:45. Santa had already put everything together in his workshop, so we just had to bring everything upstairs.

I checked on everyone before I went to bed. . . . here's all the children nestled in their bed while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads. . .

Michael wanted me to take a picture of my 4th child too. ;)

I got up around 6 this morning to start breakfast and Lucy came out about 6:15. She was so excited!

Of course, she has her Kit doll sitting there and what did she go for first? The Shopkins!

She loved everything in her stocking.

The boys made it until about 6:40 and Michael went down the hall to get them. Lucy was excited to show them everything.

Charlie wasn't quite awake when he came out . . .it took him a few minutes to wake up, but his excitement soon got the best of him.

The boys loved their "Pew Pews" (Lightsabers) and were even more excited when Daddy showed them how to make them disappear and reappear.

Everytime I ask Charlie to smile, this is the face he gives me these days!

Same with Alex. . .

Lucy finally got around to playing with her Kit doll. Santa was worried for a little bit!

The boys had a lightsaber fight. . . .Daddy was a little jealous he didn't have one to join in!

Lucy played with her toys . . .Pig is wearing a Shopkins hat.

We all sat down to have breakfast together. Michael and I enjoyed ours . . .the kids hardly touched theirs. The boys kept asking if it was time to open presents and then Lucy said her tummy hurt too much to eat. Of course, that could be because every time we turned around, she was eating a piece of candy from her stocking!!!

Her tummy was miraculously feeling better when it was time to open presents. Everyone seemed to love what they got.

My sweet kids made this picture for me. It was such a sweet surprise. :)

Once everything had been opened, it all had to come out of the box so we could play. Alex has had the best time driving his Flying Ace around the house. Lucy did a good job picking that toy for him.

It has been such a fun Christmas morning!! Everyone has been surprisingly great about sharing their toys with each other and I think we've only had one or two disagreements over sharing. The fun continues though because we are getting ready to go to Grammy and Poppa's house!!!