Christmas morning

It's actually 9pm right now ...on Christmas Day. The "men" are watching the Laker game and so I thought it was a good time to slip away and post a few pictures of our morning. There is a video clip of Christmas morning on the YouTube thing on the side.

Jacob woke me up at 8am. I know that isn't incredibly early, but I am fighting the flu and I'm feeling very "blah". Jake is sick too, but that little adrenaline rush that he felt pushed him through the morning. He crashed on the couch after he was done opening his presents and I had to give him Motrin for his headache.

Here is Jake sifting through his mountain of presents. He has had a "plan" for days on which order he was going to open his stuff. LOL

He was VERY happy with his Christmas presents. He got everything he asked for thanks to Amazon. He got his microwave , toy sushi, hot wheels cars, 8 different colored stuffed Yoshi dolls, and a few other things. He was unhappy with mom's choice to buy him the "Ants in the Pants" game, but a few hours later I put it together and showed him how to play and then he liked it...heehee.

I have a tradition in my house that my kids all watch each other open their presents. We go from the youngest to the oldest and each person takes a turn cleaning up the wrapping paper for their sibling. That is why you see someone behind the "main" person in each picture. LOL I like to watch them open everything and it feels more "special" this way. Micah is wearing his new shoes in this picture. Alex bought him new indoor soccer shoes and he loves them. We got him a VCR for his room, 2 videos, 1 Wii game, 1 DS game, and an 8 Gig Ipod Monochrome (engraved with his name). He definitely had a good Christmas!

Caleb was a little disappointed because he didn't get Rock Band 2 for the Wii, but I couldn't find it in time. By the time it hit the store shelves I had already bought him most of the OTHER things on his wish list...so there you go, LOL. He got this lovely LA Dodger shirt, a portable hard drive for his lap top, a Wii game, and a bunch of assorted other things. Alex got a Nintendo DS for her birthday 2 days ago, so I got her a few accessories to go with that for Christmas. She also got a portable hard drive, some Christmas ornaments, and clothes. In this picture she and Caleb are holding up their tape measures. LOL Tilden got them nice 25 foot Craftsman tape measures and utility knives. He said that it was time to start supplying them with tools for their future "on their own" lives. They were pretty thrilled with the utility knives...hahaha. It's a good idea :) I make all the kids their own personalized calendar each year too...they love those.

Now that Alex and Caleb have good jobs they buy everyone really NICE presents. All their gifts added a lot to our morning...it was fun to watch them give each other their gifts. Even Jacob got into the gift buying spirit and he got all of us something HYSTERICAL. For example: he got Caleb Super Mario boxer shorts and when Caleb opened them Jake said, " I got you those because you always walk to the bathroom in your underpants". hahahahaa He got me a tiny deer statue with a pine tree and he told me to put them on my table by my bed. hahaha...it was so fun!!

And finally, this is our annual "after the presents" picture. The kids hold
up their favorite gift for a group shot. Notice that Alex is holding her utility knife...hahaha. Silly girl.