Christmas- Round 2

My wish for Christmas was for my kids to sleep past 6 am- well, it was a Christmas miracle!  The first kid, Andrew, got up at a few minutes after 6 (I guess I wasn't specific enough in what I meant by sleeping past 6-haha).  Emma got up next around 6:15, and then Mary McLean was up by 6:30- it's probably one of our later Christmas mornings yet.  :)

The kids waiting on the steps before coming downstairs

Andrew and Emma are ready to see if Santa came for a visit

Andrew got a "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" book in his stocking

Emma loved all the candy she got

Opening Santa gifts

Whenever Emma opened a present she would gasp and say, "Awesome!"  She was super-excited about getting her computer she had been telling everyone she was getting

Santa brought Andrew some basketball shoes and a basketball game for his DS

Mary Mac got the boots she's been wanting

Emma trying out her new computer

A Princess and the Frog game for her Leapster

A jewelry box and beads to make her own necklaces from GUD

A robe.  She loves it and feels so grown up in it!

More Bakugan for Andrew- I still have no idea what these things are/do

Emma has had so much fun playing with her Tinkerbelle fairies from GUD

A Rapunzel styling head

GUD and Pops watching the action

Nana and Pops loved their Christmas plate with the kids handprints on it

Emma all dressed up in her Rapunzel costume we gave her- she puts it on at least 3 times a day!

The girls LOVED their umbrellas from GUD....who knew umbrellas could be so much fun?

Stocking stuffer from Nana and Pops- they had these at one of the Clemson games and the kids thought they were great- gross

The girls with their Barbie puppies from Jewa- Emma named hers "Ruff Ruff" and Mary McLean named hers "Rosie Sparkle"

Emma was excited about her Strawberry Shortcake dolls from Nana and Pops

Andrew checking out one of his new DS games

Emma asked Nana to babysit her puppy for her

GUD took a nap  ;)

Emma and Nana relaxing after all the excitement

Playing with Andrew's Lincoln Logs from Nana and Pops

The girls playing dress up

We had a wonderful Christmas this year as always.  We got up early, opened some gifts.  Took a break and had a yummy breakfast prepared by Marc (he makes the best eggs), and then opened the rest of the presents.  We had our traditional Christmas dinner of barbeque.  My uncle orders it and brings it up with him.  It is seriously the best barbeque ever.  It is the only place I like it from.  It's that good.  We ate until we couldn't eat anymore, we played, and we laughed.  It was sad to say goodbye to GUD, and Nana and Pops, we hated to see the day end.  It did end with our first "White Christmas" as the snow they  had been predicting in Charlotte finally started to fall that evening- more on the snow in the next post.

I hope everyone else had as wonderful a Christmas as we had.  I can't believe 2010 is almost over now!