A Very Merry Christmas

Christmas Eve was off to a sweet start with cinnamon rolls for breakfast:

Tenley was such a big help with pierogies this year! In fact, she was so good that she even did some on her own. The dough rolled out so easily and we had a blast making them together:

After dinner, Tenley helped me prep our traditional egg soufflé for Christmas morning. Girlfriend cracks eggs better than me:

Before bed we prepped Santa's cookie dish and mug full of milk. Since we used all of our carrots in our wedding soup we left Santa's reindeer pretzels:

The kids got a new book to read on Christmas Eve night and were so excited that it was 'The Polar Express':

That night Santa delivered and Mommy caught him in action:

Tenley woke everyone up before 5:30am and couldn't wait anymore. They rushed to the Christmas tree and were greeted with lots of presents from Santa:

Ev only asked for a mermaid tail and 1 LOL. She got a purple mermaid tail and we found her tons of LOLs. Her reaction was priceless:

I love watching the kids open their presents on Christmas morning, but the best is playing with the new toys all day:

The kids got 3 new board games 'Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots', 'Scrabble Junior' and 'LOL Surprise! The Game'. These were my favorite gifts they got because it was so much fun to be in our jammies and play board games with each other all day:

Since we were sick for weeks prior to Christmas, it didn't really feel like Christmas time. At least we were feeling well enough to enough the holiday as a family. Our Christmas was very quiet, relaxing and full of magic and love; which is really the best gift of all.

Thanks to everyone who thought of the kids and made their Christmas that much more special-- we love you!

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!!