Christmas 2011

The kids woke up around 7am on Christmas morning. However, because they were up late the night before and we're mean parents, we told them that they couldn't come downstairs until 8. So at 7:59 this we heard them come downstairs. They are not allowed to touch anything until I take pictures, so here is a picture of the undisturbed Christmas scene at our house. 

We cut back on Christmas this year because of the kittens. There have been some Christmases in the past where we went a little overboard. But this year, Santa & I showed some restraint.

Santa brought Lego sets for both kids as it was on the top of both of their lists. Here's Hannah with her winter Lego set.

And James with his Alien Encounter set.

The kittens had fun with the wrapping paper. Here's Scout playing hide and seek.

After breakfast, the kids moved their Legos downstairs to the basement.

And most of the sets were assembled by lunch time.

Our day was pretty low key. We called family in Indiana and Skyped with family in Las Vegas. We played some new video games and just took it easy. In the evening, Hannah & I finished watching White Christmas which we had started a few days earlier. The dog and both cats climbed up on my chair to cuddle during the movie.