Merry Christmas!

This year.. unlike last... we told the kids they could not wake us until 7 so Liam would not be a beast today.
Thinking Liam would be awake by 7... we thought it was a good time to tell them.  Of course, today was the first day in weeks Liam happened to sleep in but the older two could not wait any longer.  
Before we headed into the living room to see what Santa brought, I put cinnamon rolls in the oven and let the kids loose.
Word cannot express how much I LOVE Christmas morning... The kids were so excited.

Of course.... Morgan had to comment on the cookies this year:
Santa LOVED his cookies:

peanut butter reindeer, chocolate chip and baklava 

Aydin

Liam

Morgan

Steve's and mine

(even the dogs get stockings)

Today is also Ecko's birthday... Happy 4th birthday Ecko!!

For breakfast/brunch we had German pancakes, sausage, bacon, and fruit.  Liam's favorite thing to have for breakfast is anything that can fit in my muffin holders... also known as 'muffin tops' or as Liam calls them... muffin pants.  He was so excited, he asked me to take a picture of his muffin pants.

After breakfast, we went to work with Steve.  He was on duty this whole week so instead of him going to work by himself... we all went with.  While he worked the kids played in his office, colored on his white board, and had chair races with the office chairs.  

Once he finished, we came home and started dinner.  Last week we asked the kids to prepare the menu for Christmas dinner and this is what they came up with:

Ham

Sweet Potatoes

Fried Shrimp

Fried Rice

Fruit Salad

Rolls

and

Jello

Yes.... we too thought it was a very odd combination but they enjoyed ever second of it and ate more than they would have if I made the menu.  

After dinner we dropped off wreaths that I made to the neighbors Pam and Greg and then to our landlords Felipe and Visi.  When we got home, we heard a knock on the door.... not expecting anyone we had no idea who it could be....

Next thing we know... SANTA and SANTA was inside our house throwing candy at the kids. 

One of our babysitters- Virginia and her sister Sandra came by to bring the kids candy.  It was so much fun and so cute to see them dressed up and spreading Christmas cheer.