Santa came mommy and daddy!

Well, this year is the first year where Kayla REALLY understood Christmas and Santa. 7am in the morning and Kayla comes running into our room shouting, "Santa came! He left a present under my tree!" You see, Corinne gave Kayla a small pink tree that she decorated and placed on her table in her room. Then a few days before Christmas the tag off Kayla's bear tore off. We gave it to Corinne to repair and she brought it back on Christmas Eve in a bag. We placed it under her tree and she was so excited when she woke up. She opened up the bag and exclaimed, "Santa fixed bear!"

The family was busy getting up while Kayla was marveling at the presents Santa left, the cookies he ate, and the carrots the reindeer ate. Then she proceeded to open ALL of her presents shouting, "Look Mommy, he remembered," after each present she opened.

The joy in her face made me smile for hours.

We're on day 3 of Xmas and Mike and I have lost the thrill of Kayla and Riley opening presents. Riley has enough new toys that I could get rid of every single toy he had before Xmas and he would still have more. I think some will be making their way to Grandma Mitchem's house on Tuesday.

I don't want this winter break to end. I'm having too much fun.