Merry Christmas!

In keeping with our Star Wars theme, we made Yoda and Darth Vader pancakes for our Christmas breakfast this morning!

Thank you again to Andy and Reina for such a fun and yummy gift! It wasn't long after breakfast was finished that we got down to business. This is the first year Christopher has been really into Santa and he was pleasantly surprised when he came into the living room and saw that Santa had indeed visited our house. At the top of his list this year was a Lego cargo plane which he started talking about in September. Well, Santa came through and Chris was very excited!

There is nothing quite like watching a little 5 year-old boy open presents on Christmas. Of all his Christmases so far, this was definitely the most exciting and magical for Chris because he truly is into Santa this year. He also received gifts from our family back east and was equally happy when he opened the cargo ship from Grandma and Grandpa…

Chris wasn't the only kid who had fun this Christmas. Holly and Kasey enjoyed helping us open our presents too.

There were all kinds of Christmas presents in the backyard for them (no, not the ones you are thinking). The presents that smell really good to a hound dog and hop (and eat my hostas!). Here are the girls watching intently from the couch…

These two pups literally sat/stood on the couch for 20 minutes watching the bunnies in our backyard. They also had treats in their stockings from Santa. This is how intently dogs who live in a vegetarian house will sit and wait for beef treats…

After a morning of watching "Planes" (another wish fulfilled by Santa) and assembling toys, Grammy joined us for lunch and visiting. Here she is reading a math book to Chris…

Merry Christmas everyone!