Merry Christmas!

Yay! It's Christmas Day! What a long day it proves to be with kids...but also so so so much fun! We traveled out to Morden yesterday to spend Christmas at my parents' house. Ben loves to manhandle every single decoration within arm's reach, so we are constantly following him around trying to redirect his attention. Ella, now that she is mobile, is also very interested in what's on the end table or the "snow" around Grandma's snowmen.

We were up at about 8:30 this morning - not too early! It took until almost 1:00 to open all the presents. But Ben had to check out this and that, and play with something else that was just opened. He, by far, had the most presents under the tree, and was spoiled rotten (Mommy and Daddy are the guilty ones). He got some building toys (Lego), which he asked Santa for, and Ella got the train that Ben asked Santa for, on behalf of her. Santa also left the kids a Tickle Me Elmo, which is providing us adults with loads of entertainment. Here you can see him taking advantage of a Regular Elmo:



Ben also scored some puzzles, a cool zebra flashlight, safari hat and bug collector (thanks K & G & R & F), some books, train stuff, clothes, a movie, paints, markers, finger puppets, the world on a string, etc. Ella got a doll, a glo-worm, lots of clothes, bath toys, the world on a string, etc. Here they are playing with Ella's train:



The kids modeling Ben's new Santa hat a few days ago:




It was a wonderful day today - nice and relaxed. No place to go, just here to enjoy watching the kids at such a fun time of year for them.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very Happy 2007! We love ya...