Christmas 2015: Part 2

The kids have a clock in their room that turns green when they can get up, so we didn't have to worry about a super early morning on Christmas Day. ;)

Bo and Mae always get up right when the clock turns green at 6:50 and Arabelle usually sleeps in. I guess she forgot it was Christmas because when we woke her at 7, she was NOT happy about it at first. Ha!

Zeke slept in a big, so we started the fun without him.

Getting right to it with the stockings!

Excitement x2!

Mae opened her M&Ms and went right to the couch to eat them.

Miles from Tomorrowland T-shirt! Bo has his super excited "I just woke up" face here. Cute!

Arabelle got some Tegu blocks, which are magnetic on the ends. They've been really fun (for all of  us!)

Mae went and got herself a bowl for her M&Ms then got back started on her stocking.

Bubble bath!

Mae's gift was a music set! Santa got it at the consignment sale back in August, thinking we'd be at the new house by now with a play room. The musical accompaniment has been......interesting. ha!

Bo got a little Lego pack and made this monster right away, before opening his 'big' gift. It was so funny that his Lego police station that he wanted SO badly was wrapped and waiting for about 20 minutes while he ate M&Ms and built this monster.

Tegu tower!

The big gift.....

Here's a video of him opening his gift. Arabelle was SO excited and you'll hear her screaming. :)

She was SO excited for Bo!

They went straight to work and Bo didn't stop to eat or drink until around 12:30. Focus!

Zeke woke up just before 8, nursed, then he was ready to check out his gifts.

Arabelle and Mae were glad to help him out a little.

He got a Mickey Mouse shirt, a pack of balls, snacks, a Mickey sippy cup, bib, and socks.

I love how she babies him! He's going to have it made!

We just hung out all day and enjoyed a special day together. Papaw and Mamaw came by that morning, then Grandpa, Grandma, and Aunt Dawn came in the afternoon. 

It was so warm on Christmas that Arabelle and Bo played in the sprinkler. Ha! Here's a video of Arabelle in the sprinkler. 

Santa 2015

I know it's not quite Thanksgiving yet, but Santa was in town on Sunday for a store's Christmas Open House, so we loaded up and saw the big guy for a picture.

Bo was SUPER excited. He carried one of his Lego minifigures and went right up to Santa to show him and said, "I want more of these and all different kinds of Legos". Ha!

Arabelle and Mae were pretty hesitant. Arabelle was up there about a second to take a picture, but her eyes were closed in it. She had gotten her candy and was back beside us before I could try again. :)

Mae was shy, but participated for the candy. She was definitely leaning away from him!

Zeke looked very closely at him, before looking at me for the picture. This was his first time wearing one of his Christmas bibs Aunt Kay made and he got several compliments. :)

I was glad to get a good picture of all 4 with Santa and that this is DONE for the season. :)

Just a reminder of what Mae thought of Santa last year. Ha! 

Christmas 2014, part 3

Christmas morning! Arabelle had taken some Tylenol with Codeine in the ER, so she crashed when we got home the night before and slept until 7:30 without a peep. Bo is usually up well before 7, but came in a few minutes after Arabelle got up. I think they both had forgotten it was Christmas morning. I was so afraid Bo would go in during the night and open all the presents while we were asleep. Ha!

We woke Mae up around 7:45. They were so excited!

A few new books for Mae....

Arabelle had asked for walkie-talkies and she got them! Bo also loves this new superhero shirt he got in his stocking.

 Bo was excited about his Dusty toy plane (from the movie Planes).

New cups!

Bo came up with the idea of a car that drives up the wall and funny enough, I had already ordered one off Amazon! Somehow, Amazon shipped the car in a box by itself and then shipped another box with the same car and a toy helicopter. They told us they didn't know how it happened, but to keep it. I had also seen the same car at Walmart for a decent bit cheaper, so I bought it and planned to return the Amazon one before the duplicate one even came. So, we ended up with 3 of them. I wrapped the Walmart one, but had forgotten, so I wrapped another Amazon one and didn't realize it until Bo opened two on Christmas morning. haha! I still had one to ship back to Amazon for a refund. :)

They always get new underwear in their stocking and they last all year. Ha!

 Mae wasn't too sure about her new tricycle at first. She learned to ring the bell pretty quickly!

She LOVES her doll stroller! Arabelle had one when she was Mae's age, but it wore out from pushing a certain little brother around. I'm sure Mae will wear this one out with her baby brother too. :)

The big kids also got scooters (snagged a BARGAIN on Amazon for $17 each!) and they LOVE them!

Love this grin!

Papaw and Mamaw came for a visit that afternoon.

It was a nice day at home with each other!