Christmas Morning

Christmas morning was a whirlwind.  I think Joshua woke up first, we laid there for a bit and then got up ourselves.  We always get the family room ready for Megan's emergence from her bedroom.  We got the video camera set up on a tripod to record the activities and took pictures of what Santa left behind.  Lucky for Gracie, he didn't forget her or her bad breath....she got some treats all for herself. We have yet to see them having any impact on the breath however.

 Here is the loot from Santa, Joshua's little pile on the left and Megan's on the right.

 Joshua got lots of little teething toys, some block for when he's a bit bigger and some clothes.

 Megan got lots and lots of everything including the little butterfly costume that looks adorable on her.  She likes to wear it because it looks like a ballerina's tutu.  So she does her dancing on her tiptoes thing and you can see her huge calf muscles bulging out!  She got lots of Cinderella stuff and even a Prince Charming which she was so disapointed she didn't get.  She had one last present to open and while she was opening it, she told us that Santa had forgotten.  Low and behold, she found her Prince Charming.

 The candy cane trail from the kids' bedroom to their presents.

 Oh my goodness, the aftermath.

We also had some extra excitment for the day.  We were busy getting ready to head over to Josh's cousin's house for his family's celebration when Josh smelled smoke in the garage.  After searching around, not find anything, he felt the fireplace brick that backs up to the garage and it was pretty hot.  We weren't sure if that was normal so I called the non emergency fire number and I was surprised when someone actually answered.  He said he didn't think it was normal and they would send an engine out.  About 5-10 minutes later, a fire engine pulled up in front of our house.  We had firefighters on the roof, in the attic, in the family room and in the garage.  They decided we probably had a small chimney fire going.  The extinguished the fire but told us we probably shouldn't leave the house like we were planning.  This is a picture that Megan took on her brand new camera from Papa and Grandma T.