Christmas!

We woke up Christmas morning thanking our Lord and Savior for His most precious gift..Jesus! We know nothing we could give each other has any value next to the ultimate gift we have in Christ. We hope the kids, even at their young age, can recognize the true importance of this day. Through the stories they hear, books they read and song they sing, our prayer is that the Lord is molding their hearts toward Him. I look forward to them understanding more and more that there is something more lovely about Christmas other than all the toys.

As our typical Christmas mornings go...the kids were late to wake up and we had to bang around the house to make some noise...just to help them along. Neither realized what day it was, even though they went to bed excited that Santa might come. But as soon as we started walking in the living room, Cameron made the connection and went nuts!

This pretty much sums up Cameron's favorite Christmas gifts...her princess dress and her pirate outfit!
I have to say, as someone who gives great thought to each and every toy we get them, it's so gratifying to have them squeal over something you carefully picked out...just for them. And a lesson learned....they both loved practically the cheapest toys they got. Cameron can't get enough of her Walgreens 1/2price princess dress and Timo has built and rebuilt his Ross' clearance rack take apart truck!

We had a few classic Christmas moments...one was when Cameron had to go potty...poo poo potty. She tends to need to sit a LONG time. She doesn't really use the little foggy potty anymore but we pulled it out and put it in the living room so she wouldn't miss out on anything. I felt so bad having her sit there and watch Timo open presents so we let her join in the fun right where she was. Nothing like multi-tasking!
And after all the toys, Timo had a little trouble enjoying a gift that was a non-toy...

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Young and I stole a few moments when the kids were occupied to open a few gifts to each other...Young got his badly needed tools and I got my badly wanted bread machine...

The kids love music so much, I wanted some of their Christmas to be a musical instruments...Timo got a saxophone and Cameron got a violin, both were huge hits.

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And thanks to me pouring over craigslist practically everyday for 2 months, Santa brought the kids one last gift...a kitchen!! These large kitchens are rather pricey but I really wanted one big enough for both of them to be able to play at as well as their friends. I knew I could find one on craigslist if I looked long enough. (This one was sold by a grandma who bought it for her grandson when he came to visit...which wasn't very often the the kitchen was in excellent condition! She also threw in a huge bag of pots & play food!) I think the kids were a little shocked when they saw it...speechless! But they got over that quickly and went straight to work...making breakfast!

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After opening and playing a while, we welcomed our friends Liz and Salvador Rosas. They have been joining us for the past few years now and now it's a tradition!

The aftermath...looks like a good Christmas was had by all!
Our Christmas day ended a little early because we loaded up and drove down to LA for our Disneyland trip. The kids didn't nap all day so we knew they would fall asleep as soon as we hit the road...which they did and we had a nice quiet drive down. What a peaceful way to end a wonderful Christmas day...