Christmas 2010

Last year it took me until April to post pictures from Christmas... at least this time I was a little more on the ball.

This is what our house looked like when Santa left:


Fun story about the bikes: Our phone rang at 7 which woke Landon up. Brandon was out talking on the phone in the family room when Landon came waltzing out of the bedroom and saw his bike. He was so excited, but none to pleased when Brandon told him he had to go back in his bedroom and go get mommy. He kept screaming "My bike! My bike!"
About 2 weeks prior to Christmas Landon said to me "Mom, my wan' Sanna bwing me a bike. My pwomise my not fall off an get hurt. My pwomise." For a mother who had already requested Santa bring bikes, this was a happy moment indeed.


This year Santa put stockings under the kid's tree (we have a tree in each room, so naturally mom and dad got stockings under there tree as well) Let's just say this was a stroke of genius on Santa's part. The best thing was, I'm pretty sure Santa and Mrs. Claus had a small disagreement about moving the tree to center it under the window. Apparently Santa (a man) said it didn't matter and Mrs. Claus (a woman) said it mattered to her and it would look better. Well, at 4 am when Kameryn (a woman) woke up she came into our room and the first thing she said was "Mom, Santa put our stockings under our tree and he even moved it so it was under the window so we could see it."
That is how I am almost positive that Mrs. Claus puts all the Christmas under the tree while Santa comes along to drive the sleigh and eat the cookies. I'm just saying...
So, back to stockings. Each kid got a movie, a small toy, some pez, and a coloring book in their stocking. Kami, ever the poser, had to stop and give me a grin with her movie, Tinkerbell.
Landon, by far, gave me the best experience of Christmas morning. We were opening stockings and I had brought laundry baskets in for each of the kids to put their presents in. Landon had a pez in one hand (which he didn't put down all day) and a coloring book in the other. He ran around the room shaking hysterically and screaming "what my do?! what my do?!" Apparently his brain had reached sensory overload and he couldn't figure out what he was supposed to do with the things he pulled out of his stocking. Favorite Christmas Morning moment of the year.

I made the kids pose by the Christmas tree before they could start opening... I'm so mean.


Landon opening his woody doll from mom and dad. He begged and begged for this and it was sold out (or ridiculous expensive) everywhere. We happened to be in Walmart one day and had picked up a buzz lightyear because there were no woodys. As we were about to leave we found this one woody doll randomly stuck on a shelf as if someone had decided they didn't want it. We were so excited and so was he. He carries this thing around everywhere. I just wish it didn't talk.


Cooper opening the toy he decided 1 week before Christmas that he wanted the very most in all the world:


A "dinosaur trap"
Even Landon is impressed.


We also saved this family gift from Santa for last and let Cooper open it. I didn't get an after shot but this was Donkey Kong for the wii. Just what Cooper had suggested he bring us.

Like I mentioned before, Kami always made sure to pose with each present before and after:

Kami and her polly pocket

Cooper and his "criss cross" (that still doesn't have batteries... whoops)

Landon opening his tractor from "whobody" our elf.


I love these pictures where I captured both of my boys together.

And, no worries, even Dexter got remembered by Santa. Unfortunately Santa forgot what a fat lard Dexter is and so the jacket he brought (Even though it was a size larger than recommended for his breed) was still way too small.
He doesn't mind though, he likes that the smaller size emphasizes his chest hair. (He's white trash like that.)