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DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS 2005

Christmas next-day was with my brother and his family and my parents, again at my house. I didn't get many shots because I was in charge of the camera and trying to help Tyler unwrap his gifts - it got a little crazy then, too. Here are a couple of pics from that evening...
Actually, this chair was from Scott's parents the day before but it is like a little babysitter. Tyler loves it and will sit in it for long stretches of time (sit, stand, whatever). That's my nephew Wes next to him probably trying to get a train he was playing with. He was such a good boy, but he wasn't interested in presents, just our train table and trains!



There's my mom, Travis, Tyler and Scott. Tyler's got his Megablocks wagon he got from my brother and company, who are now in BIG TROUBLE for bringing those things back into my house! Ugh....more little pieces!

We had a marvelous Christmas. I wish I had more to share with you!

CHRISTMAS DAY 2005

YAY!!!! SANTA CAME!!!! SANTA CAME!!!!









One of Tyler's favorite toys was his Hammer Away boat he got from Santa. Seems old Santa has a connection to Discovery Toys (so does mommy coincidentally) and he has fallen in love with this one -- mainly with the hammer that comes with it! He also got a push mower that has been a huge hit as well!




Travis got his foosball table - a STAR WARS foosball table, thank you very much! It takes up a ton of room, we haven't decided where we'll be able to keep it, but he loves it anyway...that's the name of the game!




And finally, in their Christmas Sunday best....












Travis was too funny - everyone told him, "Travis, you look so good!" and he would reply, "Yeah, I know." No problems with being overly-modest, I guess!

CHRISTMAS EVE 2005

Christmas this year was celebrated entirely at our house, which is good because we didn't have to drive anywhere, but not so good when you have to cook and clean! I'll take cooking and cleaning over travelling any day, though. My in-laws got here just before lunch on Christmas Eve, and Scott's brother and clan arrived shortly thereafter. We partook in a GREAT meal of chicken and dumplings (made by Scott and if you haven't had his chicken and dumplings, you don't know what you are missing!), beans, and salad! Afterwards (and before dessert) we opened presents, otherwise known as the EXPLOSION...

I think it is safe to say that everyone had plenty to unwrap on Christmas Eve. The kids went nuts. And, with five kids, there was paper everywhere. They were maniacs! We had hats and books and dishes and trucks and chairs and race tracks and Barbie laptops and clothes and all sorts of goodies strung from wall to wall. Yeah, they had a pretty good time, I think! That's Scott's mom, stuck in the bottom left hand corner - couldn't dig herself out of the carnage!


Scott's aunt and uncle gave all the kids hats and gloves as a gift this year - something we didn't need this weekend (it was in the 80's today - they may have to reopen Schlitterbahn just to cool everyone off!), but I'm sure they will come in handy soon! We actually got Tyler to leave his hat on long enough for a picture, but that was a massive undertaking, and we had to try several times to catch him before he yanked it off!



See? I'm stuck in the wrapping paper mound, too! Actually it hadn't gotten too bad at this point - it was when the rest of that wrapping paper flew off that we had a few issues! Tyler was safest in my lap - at least we knew we wouldn't lose him in the wrapping paper there! I had my doubts that I'd see him again if we let him toddle off!

And then it was time for bed - we're in our matching pj's and SOOOO excited to see what Santa will bring tomorrow! Nighty - night!