Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas!  We went to Grandma Neilson's home the Sunday before Christmas and had a wonderful dinner and the kids performed the Nativity.  We also sang Christmas hymns around the Christmas tree.  It was nice to take the time just before Christmas and focus on the true meaning and remember the birth of the Savior.
We spent Christmas Eve at both Grandparents home and exchanged our gifts.  Dexton got some DS games from his Grandma and Grandpa Burk and Ocianne got a Snow White doll.  At Grandma and Grandpa Neilson's Dexton got a much needed punching bag and boxing gloves.  We are hoping this will help him take his aggressions out on it instead of his little sister!  Ocianne got a swan princess castle.  They enjoyed playing with their cousins and playing games.  When we got home from the grandparents, Kevin suggested to Dex and Oci sleeping together in the same room as we did when we were kids.  Of course they were ecstatic!  I was a little weary on how this would all work out being that Santa needed to come.  They came out once and then decided they had best go to sleep or Santa would pass them by.
Kevin and I got to bed late of course, and it felt as though we had just gone to bed when I was awakened by two small children saying,  "It's Christmas!"  I noticed it was still dark.  I scrambled for the clock hoping it wasn't really time to get up.  It was 4:00AM!!!  Dexton had woken up and woke up his little sister who was dazed and confused but had decided she'd best get up too if it was Christmas! I told them they had better go back to sleep and that it was NOT time to get up!  What a mean mom I am!  A few minutes later I heard noises and got up to find Dexton climbing back in bed.  Later that morning I asked Dexton if he had sneaked downstairs to see if Santa had come and he said, "yes"!  That little stink!  I asked him if he looked at everything and he said, "yes"!   I was a little bugged.  But what can I expect.  The poor kid was sooooo excited and I had told him to go back to sleep.  How can a five year old go back to sleep wondering if Santa had come and what he had brought?
We had a wonderful Christmas morning!  The kids had a great time playing with their gifts.  Santa brought Dexton his ipod, which Mom and Dad were not sure about.  He also brought Zhu Zhu pets for both him and Oci.  Oci got an armoire with a piano which she adores!

Merry Christmas!