Putting out the cookies and milk for Santa.

Breakfast with Santa

Alyssa opened a present and got some new "fuzzy" clothes. I had her try them on and then she was quite excited when I told her she could leave them on and sleep in them (just for tonight).

I let John open a Christmas gift from his grandma today. He wore holes in almost all of his pants so thought it would be okay to start wearing some new clothes. John was suprised to see the shirt glows in the dark. We decided after "rushing" the kids to open the rest of their gifts over the past few years, that maybe we should open some before the big day.

Got the tree and all of the decorations on it. I think it is the biggest tree so far - over 9 feet. I am making calendars for the grandparents for Christmas and needed another picture for the month of December. Guess Alyssa didn't feel like helping out with a smile for a nice picture.