Christmas Morning

This was the first year that Edison started to understand what Christmas was all about. But not totally. When I tucked him into bed Christmas Eve he told me he didn't like Santa and he didn't want Santa to stop at our house. He made me say really loud, "Santa please don't come here" before he could calm himself down and fall asleep.
So I couldn't tell the kids who filled their stockings with treats. But they didn't seem to notice. I developed a new trick for filling stockings with not so cool items - just wrap each one up - it makes it seem way more awesome.Christmas breakfast. We are excited to enjoy the lovely morning together and have our family Christmas.
Here, Edison is opening up a medical kit while Charlotte is inspecting bristle blocks. Dad is enjoying his old video game arcade favorite, Golden Tee - the surprise Christmas hit.
And the backroller will hopefully help put daddy's back in order.
The marble race track has so far proved very interesting, though not as sturdy as one would hope. All in all it was a fantastic Christmas morning and we have lots of "family traditions" in the works.