Sunday, February 05, 2012

Merry Christmas 2011!

On Christmas morning we awoke to find our stockings full and presents from Santa left by the chimney:



The boys always enjoy emptying their stockings first, to check out all their loot!



Then, we started with the presents from Santa. Both boys had asked for the remote-controlled sharks from Air Swimmers.






And both boys received them!!

Unfortunately, mommy and daddy weren't very effective in getting the first shark operational:




But at least we still had a second shark in reserve! (and the boys were very patient and understanding about all of this)

Of course, they could afford to be patient and understanding regarding the sharks because they received SO MANY gifts from all of our family.


New Louisville Slugger bats with the MLB logo, as specifically requested, from Aunt Michelle and Uncle Shawn:



A Polar Express Lionel train set from Nana and Papa Mickey!




Lucas not only played with this endlessly (as did Josh), but we heard "This IS the Polar Express" over and over and over in the days following Christmas!



It's very cool. It moves forward and back, pulls passenger cars, has the hobo on top and the conductor and little boy figurines, and makes various sounds.




They also received hot wheels tracks:







Paper jams (which quickly required use of the available plug-in headphones...):




A remote-controlled helicopter:




Space shuttle and station:




And a ton of other gifts too numerous to photograph and post. Thank you all so much for making our Christmas so special and merry!


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