Merry Christmas

Santa Came!

But when will these 2 kiddos wake up!
Growing up Santa always left footprints at Patrick's house.  I LOVE this and we started doing it ourselves this year.  It was so fun to watch the kids see Santa's footprints and squeal with excitement.

This year Ellie asked for a Clip Clop Castle from Santa.  He didn't disappoint and she was so happy.

Gavin didn't really understand quite yet but got a basketball hoop and I can tell this will be a fun thing for him for a long time!

Ellie was so excited to keep reaching in her stocking to see all she got.  She got some EOS chapstick and thought that was so awesome!

It was hard to get a picture of either of the kids not blurry because they wouldn't stop moving from all the excitement.
I took the kids(with Aunt Krista's help) to Color Me Mine and had them make some mugs for grandparents with their hand prints on them.  They turned out amazing!

They also made an awesome picture frame for Patrick

Ellie is her Snow White dress

Gavin figuring out how to get the paper off of his block train.

Didn't take too long and he was ripping it off.

Ellie is an expert at unwrapping:)

I got Patrick a Shiatsu massage chair-he's wanted one for a long time!

 Gavin found a box to enjoy:)

Fun animal noise toy.

Ellie and her unicorn light up pillow.

Grandma and Grandpa got Gavin a Jake ship-he kept examining it really closely until we got it all the way out of the box.  He was so happy.

Ellie got the Strawberry Shortcake dolls from Grandma and Grandpa and was equally excited!

 Aunt Krista with a new purse.

 We had our yummy Christmas breakfast casserole and tried a new recipe of monkey bread that was delicious.  Also, fresh squeezed orange juice-my favorite!

We had such a great Christmas morning!

 

Ellie's haul!

 Gavin's haul!