Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!  Norah was the first one awake and then immediately went and woke up her boys.  It didn't take long for them all to come running. We were opening presents before 6am.

Then after were were done we ate breakfast and the kids played with their toys before we started round 2.  Ma-Ma-maa, Grandpa, Ant Ant and Uncle Jeff came over for the rest of the day. 

When Angela was here we took some pictures of all the kids together.  Then we made the best picture into a canvas for mom and dad. We wrote on the tag "To Ma-Ma-Maa and Grandpa, Oma and Opa from Colin, Joel, Norah, Isaiah, and Gideon.

And now I can't wait to show them the 20+ pictures we took of all the kids

Jeff and the kids played on SnapChat

Colin got a pingpong table for his room. 

Colin spent most of the day reading.

And has spent most of Christmas break reading the Hunger Games.  He started it in school and then Ant Ant gave him her copies for Christmas.  Colin usually gets As and Bs on his school work.  Bs are even rare so one week  he came home with several C's on some papers.  The teacher had her personal copy of Hunger Games in class and would let the kids read it but they couldn't take it home with them.  Colin was at a really exciting part and rushed through his work that week so he could pick up the book.  I couldn't get upset.  There really is nothing better than getting lost in a good book. 

We ended the night watching Christmas in Connecticut.  It was a wonderful christmas and went by way too fast.