Christmas Day 2008

The children were kind to us and did not wake up at 5:00 AM in the morning like they could have. We got to sleep to 7:00 AM, it was nice. They woke up and immediately went to Papa & Lois's room to say "Merry Christmas". Then they went down stairs and noticed the goodies that Santa left for them, then they came and got mommy and daddy out of bed. They were eager to open up their presents but we made them start on the stockings first. (Glenn tried to delay us from opening up things to do a house search for the video camera that had been missing since 12/20/08. No luck as it was not at the church when we went last to check. I am dying because we have no footage of this years X-mas day.) They went through the stockings excited about everything, Papa and Lois enjoyed Santa's gifts for them too. Merlova was the first to tear into her Santa gifts, it was hard to make her wait. This year she knew what it was all about and got into the true paper ripping spirit. She also was the first one to try and eat as much of the X-mas candy she got. We had a casual morning together as a family with our new grandma Lois to enjoy the present opening frenzy. A big surprise for the whole family was the Wii system that Papa & Lois got for everyone. Mommy of course claimed it at "mine" as soon as I knew what it was. We took a breakfast/hot coco break and played with our new toys. We shaved some things to open when cousin Michael and his friend would arrive around 1:30 PM for Christmas dinner. From Santa Akorren got a small remote controlled helicopter, a bakugan set, a Pokemon toy, and comic books. Zhivanna got an easy bake oven and decorating set, a Pokemon stuffy, and My Littlest Pet Shop Animals. Merlova got 2 puzzles, Mr. Potato Head dress up parts, and a Polly Pockets play set. It was a good day and we hope all of you had a nice Christmas as well. Zhivanna with new stuffies, Akorren and his heli, Merlova digging into the stocking goodies, family with X-mas stuff, Lois with calendar gift from kids.