It's a Beautiful Life: Christmas Morning

Christmas morning was as exciting as EVER! Rob and I believe the most important thing we can give the kids for Christmas is Christmas morning at home. The girls were so excited to wake up (although we had a normal 7:00am wake up call, which we appreciated).

This is my favorite picture of Christmas. You can feel their excitement at the top of the stairs...waiting to come down!

Santa left them slippers to get the presents started...and then the madness began!

Abigail got her first pair of shinguards and socks....Daddy's favorite present!

Bring on soccer!!!!

This cash register was the first thing the girls opened...and I'm pretty sure Caitilin cared less about the rest of the presents. It has continued to be a big hit!

Caitlin's new bike!!! Time to "skuut"!

Mommy and the girls...

Abigail's LeapPad! She really really really wanted "a video game with a camera" and has continued to learn things I it that I'm not even sure how she figured it out!!! Her favorite game right now is this Pet Shop where she takes care of her pet...and requires me to download new "treats" for the dog daily from my computer. I love this LeapPad because to her it's a video game, but it's so educational. For example, when she plays her Belle game, she has to find the word that starts with the right "sound" to move Belle. Love educational and fun!

Caitlin also got a LeapPad...a little excessive I know for a 2 year old....but when we head to Disney, I really don't want fighting on the plane over the video game. Caitlin has more books she can read on it, but is loving the drawing pad!

The girls had a great Christmas morning. Santa brought lots of Elmo for Caitlin (elmo pjs, elmo legos, elmo bath toys) and lots of fun stuff for Abigail. Abigail also got a MP3 player, but it's great! It's made my discovery toys and it's big and child proof. She already had me download some of her favorite Jim Gill music and loves it!

Rob and I also exchanged 1 gift...which we love because we get something fun (I got earrings with diamonds, he got a pullover he wanted) but it's really all about the kids on Christmas morning. They also made us family portraits which we LOVED!!!!! Homemade gifts are the best!

Here are a few pics off my phone:

Daddy reading "The Night Before Christmas"

Abigail waiting on Christmas morning. We had the gate up and Abigail was waiting patiently for Caitlin to wake up. I went down to check if Santa came and get some coffee...and low and behond when I came back up, Caitlin had "work up all by herself".