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A Little Bit From Christmas Day

The kids were very excited about Santa coming this year. In our house, Santa comes and fills our stockings and brings us one or two 'big' things to open up. The majority of the presents come from us and we open them up on Christmas Eve. Weird, I know, but thats what we've always done and what my family did when we were kids. So these pictures are all from Christmas day. The sleeping bags from cousins Corey and Pat. We tried them out for nap time a couple days after Christmas. They loved it!
Malachi was so exhausted from getting up early and not having a nap that he crawled partially into my lap and fell asleep. He'll fall asleep anywhere when he's tired!

Santa brought Aiden a big Thomas the Train set and Madelynn got Tinkerbell's house. She also got a pink Disney's Cars car in her stocking. She adored that and was sure to tell her brothers that it was hers!
Malachi showing his Llama Llama doll. Llama Llama is a set of books that his preschool teacher introduced him (and the rest of us) to. He loves the series and was excited to get the two newest ones and a doll for Christmas.
Madelynn checking our her stocking.

Malachi coming into the living room. Notice he is dragging around his new Veggie Tales blanket. He took it everywhere with him in the house for the first 3 days!

Christmas 2010 Highlights

Christmas 2010 was fantastic! The kids really got into it this year and for the first time in 4 years, they opened all of their presents by themselves. We just got to sit back and take pictures and enjoy their happiness. It was great! Here are a few highlights.

The tree and presents before! I think we need a bigger tree. With all the presents you can hardle tell that we have one!

Malachi waiting patiently to begin. We put down a blanket for each child and pile all of their presents on it so when things get crazy everyone knows what belongs to them.

Aiden...he was the most exciting this year. He had all of his gifts opened the quickest and then tried to help the other two because he wanted to open more.

Madelynn...It looks like her pile is the biggest, but it's not. The boxes were just bigger on most of her things. Lets face it, dolls don't come in small boxes!

I usually don't post about what I got, but this was the best present ever. I've been wanting to blow this picture up big and frame it for our living room for over a year. Josh did it for me and I absolutely LOVE it!

Grandma Callahan got them the Fisher Price Smart Cycle. It's a bike video game.

We got lots of Disney Cars and...
Llama Llama books and...
Veggie Tales and...
Princesses and...

Mario and...

more princesses and...
Handy Manny and...

Thomas the Train and...

tons more! Very spoiled children this year! Thanks to all for the great gifts!

Mommy and Her Boys

The boys and I had a mommy/sons day in December. Madelynn was sick with the flu so daddy stayed home with her. We had a Christmas party at my mom's house and then after I took them to Children's Wonderland. Children's Wonderland is a tradition that was started in my family back when I was a little girl. I always dreamed about taking my own children so it's something special that we do each year. Aiden and Malachi with Rudolph. I was suprised at how easily they went up to Rudolph.
Me and my boys!

The boys in front of baby Jesus. They were really excited about this display, but (as you can tell) not about me taking their picture.

Stganding in Dr. Frog's office.

Although it was kinda nice to have equal numbers of children and hands to hold them, I do look forward to next year and being able to take the whole family!

The First Christmas Program

Back in the beginning of December (Yes, I'm that far behind) the trio's preschool had their Christmas program. The kids had practiced the songs for weeks and they all really knew them well. Both of the boys were very good singers. Aiden could be heard above all the rest of the kids. He has a fantastic voice! Madelynn was in her own world that night and didn't hesitate to let everyone in the audience know that she was bored with the program. She is such a princess! I think Aiden might have a future in Hollywood.

The trio before the program. They are so adorable!