Christmas 2009

CHRISTMAS IS HERE!!!! After much anticipation and preparation, Christmas finally arrived. Luckily the kids slept in until about 8:00, which was very nice, however once they were awake it was hard to keep them contained until we could have everything ready. As you can tell from the picture below, they were sprinting down the hallway. Except for the funny thing is that they sprinted right to the empty cookie plate and milk glass first to make sure Santa had his treat. It took a while for them to realize there were presents for them on the couch. Parker and Madi sprinting down the hallway.

Aha! They finally found the presents!

Myles with his haul from Santa

Parker and Madi were more than willing to help Myles open his gifts.

The happy little baby!

Oh look! They can now be twinners with their dad. It's a blanket with sleeves!

This was such a fun year for gifts from the kids. Parker made us a 2010 calendar at school, bought Lynn a basketball clapper and he bought me a little tea cup that says Mom on it and has a kitty inside (priceless when it is coming from your child). Myles got a little football from Parker and Madi got a multi-colored marker. He picked them out all by himself at a little Christmas store they have at the school and he was so excited for us to open them. Madilyn made a Christmas ornament for us at preschool with her picture on it. Thanks kids, those were all my favorite gifts!!

Do you think this is a hint that I need to clean the house? Actually, I did ask for a small vacuum so I was very excited to get one. Lynn also gave us scuba diving lessons. I am sooooo excited to learn to scuba. Too bad we don't live closer to the ocean, but at least it will give us an excuse to go on some exciting vacations. Thanks babe for the awesome surprise!

Lynn got a new fly rod. At first he thought I just gave him a new case. It was pretty funny.

A nice stocking stuffer from Santa! Aren't they adorable?

Myles amongst the Christmas morning chaos!

The three monkeys in their Christmas pajamas.

We are so blessed. It was a wonderful Christmas for us all and we had such a wonderful relaxing day as a family. I think we were all in our pajamas until Grandpa Dahle (Grandma Dahle was sick), Kevin and Candace came over for dinner.

The only thing Madi asked for from Santa was a doll that has diapers she can change. Well, sure enough, she got a Baby Alive doll from Santa and immediately wanted to feed it some of the food it came with. After she fed it, she was in her room playing and all the sudden she was saying "Mooooom, come here." As I entered her room, she pointed to her doll and whispered "Look!" The doll had messed her pants and Madi wanted me to bring her a wash cloth. She was very embarrassed by it and told me "Don't tell dad, it's a secret." Later that day, after the embarrassment wore off a little, she finally told Lynn and pointed to her doll and said "She poops out that hole." Needless to say, she has refused to feed it any food since because she doesn't want to have to change her diaper. If only real babies were that easy.

Madi and her precious new baby that has diapers she doesn't want to change.

Our Lego master. Parker's favorite toys has to be Lego's. He does such a good job building with them and following the instructions. He had this ship completed by the end of the day.