Christmas in January?

Well, I originally wrote this post yesterday, you know, exactly one month after Christmas. Well, now it's one day later as I pushed publish and it erased. So sad. I might have had tears in my eyes. Anyway, without further ado, Christmas pictures, 2010 edition.

The kids with Mana and Papa in their new home.



Whole family.



Always happy when food is involved!



Concentrating on making his cookies hold the maximum amount of icing. :)


Decorating cookies (THANK YOU Laura!! Santa wouldn't have had any cookies without you!). :)



Ryan was crazy about Rachel this time and had such a good time decorating with her.



This picture makes me laugh--like, "word". Ha. :)



Jack is such a happy smiley baby and loves being the center of attention!



Opening his first Christmas present!



Love these sweet smiles! Anna-Kate is such a wonderful big sister.



Opening their traditional 1 present on Christmas Eve...



Yay for new jammies!



Anna-Kate was clearly thrilled by hers! (lucky for me, she loves to match the boys!)



Christmas morning Ryan came tearing down the stairs and then ran right past me (and the tree, stockings etc) and kept going. Hilarious.



Anna-Kate loves a surprise--funny thing is, she admitted to peeking from upstairs and knew she had a Rapunzel dress waiting on her. Little booger!



Ryan was BEYOND thrilled to get Cranky the crane.



So happy with a new dress-up.



Thrilled with her {stick-on} princess earrings! How old does she look here??? Geesh!



The kids took such delight in picking out gifts for each other. Ryan meticulously looked at all of the "girl" aisles at Target until he spotted an Angelina (Ballerina) doll and dvd set. He never wavered in wanting that for Anna-Kate--and she loves it (and sleeps with it every night!)



Anna-Kate picked out a train, Peter Sam, to give to Ryan along with a Thomas dvd. They could hardly contain their excitment to give their presents to each other. It delighted my heart.



Matching Christmas (eve) jammies! Love these kids!!



Anna-Kate's big gift from us was a tent for her room. It has been the.biggest.hit.ever! I love to see them play creatively and so well together!





Props to Disney marketing. Despite never having seen the movie, Anna-Kate asked for both the Rapunzel tag reader book and the dress-up. Clearly, thrilled with both.



Jack was thrilled with his new sippie cup and snack holder for the umbrella stroller {poor third child!}.



Anna-Kate was beyond thrilled to receive an American girl doll that looks just like her! She named her Lizzie and they are inseperable.



My sweet parents.



The day came to a close with a first for me--a white Christma! I was near giddy to see the beautiful flakes fall. What a wonderful day, and a special first Christmas for little Jack!