Christmas, wrapped up!

This year, Christmas was FUN!! Ethan is old enough to understand the holiday this year. We set out cookies and milk for Santa, carrots for the reindeer, and the kids wrote a note to Santa. Russ and I stayed up WAY too late wrapping presents and assembling the huge train set Santa brought the kids. It was so exciting to set the presents under the lambent glow of the tree.

Russ and I slept on the couch so Ethan wouldn't wake up and tear open all of the packages. We shouldn't have worried though! Once Ethan saw his train set, he could not be unglued. We had to persuade him to open his other presents. Aubrey loved tearing the wrapping paper off everything. Both kids were excited to see that Santa and his reindeer ate their treats.

We had dinner at Scott and Kathy's house and that was lovely! The next morning we had second Christmas (involving crepes ((yummmmm))) at my mom and dad's. And that night, we had third Christmas at Grandma Phyllis' house! My kiddos made out like bandits! The favorite toys include the train set, the new kitchen and all accompanying food, Aubrey's baby dolls and baby doll stroller, Ethan's puzzle, and new jammies.

Merry Christmas!

Aubrey is just a little speeding bullet in this pic!

My mom looks like she's about to throw westside out!

Here is the best pic of the Kaufman/Peterson family that we got! Squiggly babies and two cameras make obtaining a good picture a little hinky!