Christmas

 Pre-Christmas preparation - making cookies for Santa.  If it looks like Chase used the entire jar of sugar on one cookie, well, he did.

 Chase's creations.  At one point there was a plain cookie with green all around it on the pan.  I asked Chase what happened and he said "I wanted it to look like the snowman was standing in the grass."  Mission accomplished buddy.

 Taylor's creations.  She ate as many chocolate chips and sprinkles as she put on the pan.

 My creations - because you know Santa loves some good sugar cookies.

 Christmas morning!

 The only actual toy Chase asked for was the bat cave.  Notice Max made an early morning appearance to see if Santa dropped any cookie crumbs.

 Taylor has always been a unique gift opener.  This year she was more excited about it, but she opened all of her gifts in about 1 minute - one after another after another with no reaction!

 Chase gives you a little more reaction!

 He was most excited over his sports hats and jerseys.

Happy boy. 

 Happy girl.

 After opening presents at our house we went to my parents for breakfast.  Taylor was so excited about this gift for PaPa that she gave it to him first thing.  She found it at the store a month or so ago all by herself.  It is BFF necklaces - one is a chocolate donut and one is pink.  Perfect.

 Chase sporting his new basketball gear. 

 The chaos that is opening presents with four kids!

 Vanessa with her favorite gift!  

It is actually a pair of boxers, even though it looks like a big pillow case!

 Poor Chase.  The only thing he asked my parents for was a puppy named George.  Luckily, this is what he got.  Max is still concerned, as you can tell.  

 Best buddies.

 Later that afternoon we did a facetime chat with Grandpa and the rest of the Caddells.

 And we finished the night with dinner at Grandma and Vickie's house and playing with the cat!

 The next night, Grandpa and Grandma Edwards arrived with Christmas: Round 2.

 The kids got LeapPads!

 But they are convinced they have their own iPads now!

 Then the next day, the mailman arrived with Christmas: Round 3 from Grandpa and Grandma Caddell.

 So excited.

 A My Little Pony!

Ninja Turtle pjs and blanket.

And a Hello Kitty airplane - "just what I wanted!"  I'm pretty sure the kids got waaaay more than they ever could have thought they wanted.  It has been a fun week.