TODAY IS CHRISTMAS!

I know Crew looks like he knows what is going on... but he doesn't.  He just doesn't ever really stop moving.  The girls rolled out of bed at about 8:30 and we could hear them whispering (for about 1/2 hour)  that they should let us sleep in.  So we decided to be nice and just get up.  Or not so nice considering it was 9:00 Christmas morning.  It's all in how you look at it people.

It takes FOREVER to open presents at this house. (even when there isn't a ton to open.)  My kids like to take their time.  That's weird, right?  They were perfectly content to stop and pose for pictures... well, 2 of them were.

This is a rough draft of what their room will look like when we move.  I found these duvet covers at a Pottery Barn outlet a year and a half ago.  They were full sized and only $5 each.  I bought them because who can pass up Pottery Barn bedding for $5?  I intended to cut them down to size and use them awhile ago.  I never got around to it... which made me really happy when I realized with all of Dale's travel this year, we were flat broke.  I cut them down to twin sized, stole the throw pillows from my living room and recovered them with the extra fabric.  I even have enough fabric left to make some cute curtains when we move.  Domestic... I know.  I will not miss their room.  It will be much cuter when we move.  Oh well.  At least they have cute bedding now.

Pyper is happy about a Nintendo DS game from Pam, for her and Elle- while Elle is seriously annoyed that she got a Nintendo DS game from us.  (she doesn't have a DS)

Oh wait.... she DOES have a DS!  Could she look any more evil?  My mom sent the girls each a DS this year, since Christmas was looking pretty shabby.  I ended up giving Pyper hers for her birthday because the gift I ordered her hadn't come yet.  Elle has been eyeing it ever since.

Crewzer didn't take too long to get the hang of the present thing.  He's a cute little disaster.  Dale's rear in the back of the picture is just a little bonus for ya.  Your welcome.

Dale is friends with Domonique Moceanue's (however you spell it) husband- who is a podiatrist and former gymnast.  He hooked us up with a super nice PINK gym mat for cheap.  Here is Pyper's first "trick" on it.  It didn't go so well.  She was fine after Dale popped her shoulder back into place.  Just kidding.  Kinda.  Hopefully this mat will provide years of emergency room visits.  I would hate for us to get bored.

We found this cute "rocking horse" for Crew several months ago at Ikea.  It was only a few bucks- so we bought it and put it away.  He LOVES it.

And this is what you get when you celebrate Christmas 2 days late... a super cool battery powered thing on clearance!  Maybe we'll have Christmas late next year too.

This is what most of our morning looked like- the girls protecting their stuff from Crew.

The girls got each other a make-up kit... and spent hours putting WAY too much on.  Crew ate some of it.  It's non toxic... right?  Our shabby Christmas (which I'm not afraid of) turned out pretty great, thanks to lots of people who love our kids.