And then we did our Christmas Eve traditions...the brother and sister gift exchange...Alex bought Kata a Barbie, Island Princess CD player...which she loved...and which Bella broke a mere 18 hours later...sigh...she truly loved his gift...Bella got an Ariel doll from Alex...and the girls gave Alex some more Star Wars figures...I think its safe to say his collection is complete!
The we played "Can you spot the pickle on the tree?"...and Kata won this year...but all three kids got a prize...a new Disney ornament for each... 
Kata's was Minnie playing soccer...
Alex was Mickey playing soccer...
And Bella got the Socerer's Apprentice...
And then bedtimes were as follows -Alex - 10:30, Bella and Kata - 11:30, Ken and Sophie - 1:00...we kept an eye out for Santa using Norad's Santa Tracker and thank goodness we got to bed when we did...because Santa arrived shortly after that...and Becks...our canine alarm clock didn't even growl! And Santa must've loved his Hershey's Kiss cookies and chocolate milk...
This is what 6:30 a.m. looks like at our house on Christmas morn'...can you smell the coffee brewin'?? I can!
Alex was the first one up...and Becks, of course...they had to touch and in Beck's case, smell, the gifts...
Kata made it down around 7-ish...
And in a flurry around 7:15...Bella!!!
"Where's Purple Dolly???" Bella wanted to know...
Alex got more Nintendo Gameboy cartridges....
Hmmmm....Santa always wraps things in Santa paper....could this be *the* Hannah Montana doll??
Apparently...*NOT* the Purple Dolly of her dreams...does anyone know what a Purple Dolly should look like?? We thought Santa did well given the somewhat open to interpretation criteria...
More gifts?? A Belle Tea Party Doll set...that was a huge hit from Maka!
More??
Santa didn't forget Mama with a gift of jewelry...how did he know???
Daddy got a nice new pair of running shoes for his early morning fitness runs...
We're liking Purple Dolly a bit more...
Stocking time...Kata was busy reading her new favorite book...Purpalicious...by the author of none other than...Pinkalicious!
Alex got the stopwatch of his dreams...no more counting seconds for Running Club at school.
Ken got some snazzy new slippers...that A) He can mistake for his actual shoes and once again go to work in his slippers...or to a Wolf Pack game...yes, he's done both for the record...and B) He can now turn his old pair into a newly created category of shoes (he created it last year) Garage Slippers...for when your too lazy to put on shoes and just need to pop into the garage for a second...or perhaps to take out the trash...Garage Slippers! I can hear the OxyClean guy yelling out the infomercial now...
And Santa remembered Beckham...he got a new pull toy...two treats (both wheat-free) and a Santa's Bakery candy cane style cookie just for dogs...oh, and a Bichon ornament for our tree...
The best presents of all are handmade...Alex's creation this year...It reads "The important thing about Christmas is that Baby Jesus was born. Christmas is snowy. Christmas is joyful. But the most important thing about Christmas is that Baby Jesus was born."
Kata's creation...love the handprint art...it makes me weepy...
And Alex also made this beautiful painting...Santa's sleigh and reindeer...
This soccer mom is signing off...."and to all a good night!!!" indeed...Thank you everyone for everything...the presents...the phone calls...the well wishes...the prayers...we love you all...each and every one...now I'm going to go put on my fuzzy leopard print PJ's and watch my DVD of "Meet Me in St. Louis" while consuming some of my homemade Ghirardelli fudge and that yummy Nutcracker Tea...Merry Christmas once more.
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