Christmas 2012

Santa, friends and family were very generous:  Here is a picture of all the presents around the tree before everyone woke up on Christmas morning.

The first present of the day was the boys slept in.  First one out of bed was Jamie at about 7:30, then Braden at 7:45 and Gavin didn't stir until about 8:15.  I'll wager that that will be the one and only time it happens for many years.

First was the stockings, filled with cars, trucks, candy and cool headlights.

After that came presents galore.  Lesson learned - all presents that require assembly should come from Santa, so they can be opened and pre-assembled.  We spent most of the day assembling various toys.  This plane was the worst, because it came with no directions.  Thank goodness for Google.  However, it took until we got back from our holiday to locate the last piece and put it on.

It also took a couple of hours to get everything open, because everyone wanted to play with their toys as they opened them.  I also think that is the last time that will happen.  Once it was over we were able to finally clean up:

The aftermath