We had great Christmas!
For starters, Santa was VERY good to us.
He stuffed our stockings full of goodies!
And left lots of good things under the tree.
He left Gracie some workbooks, dolls, Jessie and Bullseye legos, and a merry-go-round.Presley got a Little People airport, a band set, and a toolbox. Both Evie and Presley got a mega-blocks play table. And Evie got a Little People dollhouse, a Little People minivan, a keyboard, and a flowerpot.
Gracie checked out what was left of the cookies and milk we left out for Santa.
Evie and Presley dove right in and started playing with thier new block table.
Gracie got a new Jasmine doll that she had asked Santa for.
Evie got a new keyboard.
Gracie also got a bag full of books to practice writing and reading and playing school. She even got a pointer so she can pretend to be a teacher!
And my little rockstar, Presley, got a drum set filled with all kinds of instruments.
The past few weeks Gracie has been talking about getting a merry-go-round so.....Santa left this musical one for her. She loves it!
This year was so much fun. Evie and Presley were walking or crawling (Presley) around and playing with all their new toys. Last year they were such little babies, all they could do was lay there.
We checked out what Santa left in our stockings. Gracie got some Princess cards, socks, mittens, some panda slippers, and stickers.
Evie got some hairbows, play food, dishes, books and some new sippy cups.
Presley got goodies in his stocking too. He got some cars, socks, books, and balls in his.
Even Millie and Hazel got some fun toys and kitty treats in their stockings. They have been good kitties too!
Gracie lined up some of her dolls so that they could watch the merry-go-round too.
Then everyone helped Mommy and Daddy see what was in their stockings.
Then it was time to dig into all the presents. Evie loved this part. She didn't even care what the present was, she wanted to rip off the paper.
Gracie had fun passing out the presents. She can read her own name and is learning to read the rest of ours.
Presley and Evie got a basketball game!
So of course we stopped to open it so everyone could play.
After a short game, it was back to the presents.
Presley would not put down his drumsticks. Our little drummer boy.
Gracie got some new panda jammies.
Evie had fun helping Gracie open up her art set.
Evie is modeling some of her new hairbows.
Daddy got an Elvis Mr. Potato Head.
Presley had fun opening all his new cars and trucks.
Evie got some new books too. She had to read them right away!
Presley and Daddy got matching Elvis shirts too!
And then Gracie got a box of dress-up clothes. First there was Wolverine.
But then she saw some Princess dresses and it was good-by Wolverine, hello Snow White. (Sorry Daddy)
We played a little longer before heading over to Grandma and Grandpa's.
Well, when we got there, Santa had been there too!
And Auntie Amy had given Evie this cute little Princess Sweet Shop. Even though Snow White thinks it's hers.....
Santa was WAY too generous this year!
Grandma and Auntie Amy got busy making some yummy waffles in Grandma's new waffle maker. We had chocolate peppermint waffles and banana chocolate chip. Yummy!
Of course, Presley had to bring his drumsticks over to Grandma's. It was fun putting his coat and getting in his car seat with him not letting go of these.
Grandpa had fun playing with Evie.
And after a quick meltdown, Gracie was ready for stockings at Grandma's.
Evie was ready too. 
After some quick naps, we were off for Christmas, Round 2!
Santa has so much stuff that he left everyone a reuseable shopping bag to store the stuff that wouldn't fit in the stockings!
Presley finally had his stocking done this year (it was not done in time last year)
Gracie got lots of play animals in her stocking.
And Evie didn't want to sit still long enough to even take a picture with her stocking.
We got even more goodies!
And then Gracie wanted to do the scratch-off tickets that Mommy and Daddy got in their stockings. And wouldn't you know, she won $10!
Time for more presents!
Santa left Gracie this magnetic dress-up ballerina since she is starting dance in a couple of weeks.
Santa left Presley and Little People policecar and fire engine.
And Evie got a baby Cinderella and baby crib.
He also left Gracie some legos. This one is up her alley because now she can build her very own zoo!
Presley couldn't stop playing with his new cars that he didn't care about anything else.
Evie got some new playfood of her own. She got some cupcakes and pizza.
Auntie Amy gave Gracie this Little People town set too.
And Gracie gave Auntie Amy a new Shop-Vac and pillows!
Gracie has been very busy making lots of crafts this Christmas. She had a lot of fun (because she got to glue) and made this train for Grandpa.
And we gave Grandma and Grandpa some fun gifts too. Like this picture frame.
And I made these for my mom. She is a little behind with printing out pictures of the kids so I helped her out by making a scrapbook page layout for each of the kids.
But the best gift of all is this book. It is filled with pictures of Gracie, Presley, Evie, and Grandma and Grandpa. It is told from the kids point of view and talks about all the fun things they do with Grandma and Grandpa. Grandma LOVED it!
Then it was time for some entertainment and Evie sat down at the piano and played us some Christmas tunes.
And Bing was there to sing for us some more too!
And before taking a nice long nap, we used up the last of our energy playing in the pile of wrapping paper.
This year was so much fun. Evie and Presley were walking or crawling (Presley) around and playing with all their new toys. Last year they were such little babies, all they could do was lay there.
We checked out what Santa left in our stockings. Gracie got some Princess cards, socks, mittens, some panda slippers, and stickers.
Evie got some hairbows, play food, dishes, books and some new sippy cups.
Presley got goodies in his stocking too. He got some cars, socks, books, and balls in his.
Even Millie and Hazel got some fun toys and kitty treats in their stockings. They have been good kitties too!
Gracie lined up some of her dolls so that they could watch the merry-go-round too.
Then everyone helped Mommy and Daddy see what was in their stockings.
Then it was time to dig into all the presents. Evie loved this part. She didn't even care what the present was, she wanted to rip off the paper.
Gracie had fun passing out the presents. She can read her own name and is learning to read the rest of ours.
Presley and Evie got a basketball game!
So of course we stopped to open it so everyone could play.
After a short game, it was back to the presents.
Presley would not put down his drumsticks. Our little drummer boy.
Gracie got some new panda jammies.
Evie had fun helping Gracie open up her art set.
Evie is modeling some of her new hairbows.
Daddy got an Elvis Mr. Potato Head.
Presley had fun opening all his new cars and trucks.
Evie got some new books too. She had to read them right away!
Presley and Daddy got matching Elvis shirts too!
And then Gracie got a box of dress-up clothes. First there was Wolverine.
But then she saw some Princess dresses and it was good-by Wolverine, hello Snow White. (Sorry Daddy)
We played a little longer before heading over to Grandma and Grandpa's.
Well, when we got there, Santa had been there too!
And Auntie Amy had given Evie this cute little Princess Sweet Shop. Even though Snow White thinks it's hers.....
Santa was WAY too generous this year!
Grandma and Auntie Amy got busy making some yummy waffles in Grandma's new waffle maker. We had chocolate peppermint waffles and banana chocolate chip. Yummy!
Of course, Presley had to bring his drumsticks over to Grandma's. It was fun putting his coat and getting in his car seat with him not letting go of these.
Grandpa had fun playing with Evie.
And after a quick meltdown, Gracie was ready for stockings at Grandma's.
Evie was ready too. 
After some quick naps, we were off for Christmas, Round 2!
Santa has so much stuff that he left everyone a reuseable shopping bag to store the stuff that wouldn't fit in the stockings!
Presley finally had his stocking done this year (it was not done in time last year)
Gracie got lots of play animals in her stocking.
And Evie didn't want to sit still long enough to even take a picture with her stocking.
We got even more goodies!
And then Gracie wanted to do the scratch-off tickets that Mommy and Daddy got in their stockings. And wouldn't you know, she won $10!
Time for more presents!
Santa left Gracie this magnetic dress-up ballerina since she is starting dance in a couple of weeks.
Santa left Presley and Little People policecar and fire engine.
And Evie got a baby Cinderella and baby crib.
He also left Gracie some legos. This one is up her alley because now she can build her very own zoo!
Presley couldn't stop playing with his new cars that he didn't care about anything else.
Evie got some new playfood of her own. She got some cupcakes and pizza.
Auntie Amy gave Gracie this Little People town set too.
And Gracie gave Auntie Amy a new Shop-Vac and pillows!
Gracie has been very busy making lots of crafts this Christmas. She had a lot of fun (because she got to glue) and made this train for Grandpa.
And we gave Grandma and Grandpa some fun gifts too. Like this picture frame.
And I made these for my mom. She is a little behind with printing out pictures of the kids so I helped her out by making a scrapbook page layout for each of the kids.
But the best gift of all is this book. It is filled with pictures of Gracie, Presley, Evie, and Grandma and Grandpa. It is told from the kids point of view and talks about all the fun things they do with Grandma and Grandpa. Grandma LOVED it!
Then it was time for some entertainment and Evie sat down at the piano and played us some Christmas tunes.
And Bing was there to sing for us some more too!
And before taking a nice long nap, we used up the last of our energy playing in the pile of wrapping paper.
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! We sure did. Thanks everyone for all the fabulous and wonderful gifts. This has been the Christmas yet! Lots of memories and traditions that will be carried on next year. Only 364 more days til Christmas again!
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