We finally got to have our Lansing Family Christmas at our house the day after we got back from NC. Santa works his way up from the equator, so he comes to our house later than he does in the south. :) The girls were filled with excitement, and they put out milk, cookies, and water for Rudolph the night before. The next morning they waited for us to go into the living room to see what Santa brought... they were so excited! Josie had been wishing for a Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine, while Sadie really wanted a Barbie Mermaid Falls toy to play with in the tub. Adelaide got a refinished little kid rocking chair in bright green (that just happened to be 
mine when I was a little girl). We had lots of fun opening presents, playing, and just spending the morning together before Daddy had to go to work. Sadie got him a set of checkers, which he wants to teach her how to play pretty soon, and Josie got him a little race car model for them to build together. Sweet! We spent the rest of the day playing with new toys (the biggest hit seemed to be the GIGANTIC ball Jesse ordered for them from Hearthsong... you can actually crawl INSIDE it and roll around) and napping, because we were all Christmased out!
