Once we got down stairs Colin ran right to his new Spiderman bike and Emma ran to her new scooter! Once they we convinced that they had other things they moved onto opening their stockings. Both got new toothbrushes and toothpastes in their stockings along with crayons, pencils, candy and a few small toys.
Next we moved on to more presents that were under the tree. From Santa Clause Colin got a new blanket with firetrucks on it, a new truck game, and Rocky the Robot Truck. Emma got a new blanket with polka-dots on it, a new shopping cart, and a RC Ladybug! Santa also brought both Colin and Emma a Sit-n-Spin to share and a train set to share.
Both kids got an abundance of toys and clothes, not to mention candy, and should be set for some time now! They had a great time playing with all of their new toys but were also excited to go out in the snow!
Yes, we had a very, very, VERY White Christmas this year! We had snow (of course depending on where you would measure) from 1" to 42" (in the middle of the biggest drifts)! On average we got between 7" and 8". The kids loved shoveling the snow. We had hoped to build a snowman, but the snow is a really dry snow so it wouldn't even hold for a good snowball. The other big challenge is since it is so dry it is not sticking and it is really blowing everywhere. We also have pretty heavy winds, so I hope that they will die down by morning so we can re-shovel the drive again.
Once we got the kids back inside the kids went back to playing with their toys and Nana! They had such a great time!
After we had lunch and the kids had their naps (which were much needed with all the excitement from the morning) they got to call Nana Judy and Pa Rick! Colin walked around the house with the phone on speakerphone showing all of his gifts to them! He just doesn't really remember that they can't see through the phone! He also talked to Uncle Alex, Uncle Zach and Aunt Vicki. Both Colin and Emma really loved talking to everyone!
