Christmas 2011

It's Christmas!  It's Christmas!  Both kids were not as into it as I thought they would be... but it was still way fun.  I really should say NATALIE wasn't as into it as I thought she would be.  I thought for sure at 4 and a half, she would be psyched.  But it was pretty typical for her- it took her 10 minutes to get through the stocking, and then after about 2 gifts, she was ready to be done and just wanted to play with the two things she had already opened! 

Natalie painted Van Gogh's Starry Night for us at school and gave it to us for Christmas!  It was my favorite gift, by far.

And that's saying something because I got a sweet pair of red, white, and blue inov8s.  These shoes are the bomb, FLite 195s.  I actually prefer the 230s but you can't get those in these awesome colors!

We are really dorks.  If you think CrossFit won't change your life, think again.  Inov8 shoes and this big thing! Todd was thrilled with this fermentation pot that he got from my parents!  I think that was his favorite gift.  He's already got a big batch of sauerkraut in there!  I was hoping that by getting a fermentation pot, that meant I would be getting some ... ahem... fermented beverages!  Alas, I was sorely mistaken.

Little buddy got a Hess truck that has a little speed racer on top of it from Nana and Pop Pop.  He was so happy, it's still one of his favorite presents.  You can see here, he had little interest in much else.  He loves laying on the ground and racing his cars around (look like someone else you know Cory Swales???)

Speaking of Uncle Coco and Aunt Brie, they got him this Big Book of Things that Go.  I mean, you would have thought they gave him a ... well, a book of things that go!  He couldn't get enough of this.  We have to read this on a daily basis.  Please note the chaos that is our living room.

Time to stop and have a Christmas morning breakfast break!  Keeping it real with eggs and bacon.

Grant had to immediately get back to his reading.  He couldn't put this classic down!

Natalie finally came back to opening presents, and had a great Christmas!  We asked her what her favorite gift was (right after everything was opened) and she said it was the Strawberry Shortcake Berry Cafe set she got from Nana and Pop Pop.  They did better than Santa did this year!  Above, she's opening their gift.

Yep.  He's STILL reading the book.  Check this out guys, it's a digger!  (Or as he says, a 'deeeger!') Merry Christmas everyone!