Christmas: Take Two

The next part of Christmas takes place at the Cardinale House sometime in the morning. My kids are such great sleepers that the sun is almost always up before they are to open presents.

This was the tree this year. It's standing on a little stand that Tony made so the village could be set up under the tree. (Also so Rudy wouldn't freaking pee on it this year!) I found that it also made it look like there were tons of presents even though there really weren't.

I'll start with Khayle. As I said before, she swears she never gets to open her present first. I honestly can't remember who opened first this year as I was still sulking in disappointment over the whole Disney World thing from the night before.

She was sooo sad that she didn't get these for her birthday! They are BENDAROOS! Nothing but a fancy word for what we used to call wiki sticks. But they were #1 on her list, and I was quite pleased with her reaction. Yay for bendaroos!

And since we're talking about Khayle, I want everyone to see what she picked out for her dad....

Yep...she picked them out and had them wrapped up since like October! Hillbilly teeth! Does it get any more awesome than this? I think not!

Laycee the Diva seemed pleased with her boas!

A girl can never have too many accessories!

Even Andy was able to muster up his dimples for us!

I think he had just opened his i-tunes card. At least he got something on his list!

Back to Tony again...he kept hinting that he wanted these so bad.....he would quote the entire commercial EVERY single time it came on the TV!

Yep....that's right! I'm a big spender and went all out and got him SHAMWOW! I ordered them on line and was praying they would get here on time just to see them at Walgreen's later. I totally could have saved the shipping and handling! That's awesome!

And finally, there is me. I got these sweet shoes that I totally thought was going to be an ipod.

I giggled the rest of the day about how surprised I was to see those shoes in the shoe sized box! They are very comfy shoes and walked many miles around Disney World.

I also LOVE to read! I got three different books and this is the one I'm reading now. I already finished the other two.

Aren't my demon eyes hot? I wish I was one of those people who just wake up pretty...but I'm not. Sorry.

Even the dogs made out this year!

We only took a picture of Rudy...sorry Sadie. They both got presents though.

After Christmas at the Cardinale House, it's back to my mom and dad's for Christmas: Take Three!