Merry Christmas!!!

"Mommy! Daddy! Wake up!  Santa's been here."

~Sarah and Caleb

Caleb's big present from Santa: a John Deere Peg Pergo Tractor Loader and Wagon!

Sarah's big present from Santa: a Nintendo DS game system, cover and two games (Tinkerbell and Scribblenots)!

Santa also left Caleb a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Camping trailer!

The kids also got matching Razor scooters (Sarah's wheels light up pink and Caleb's blue)!

Daddy and Mommy's big present was a new surround sound system for the basement!

The kids loved opening their stockings to find candy, socks and an orange!

Me and the kids on Christmas morning!

Wearing the pajamas that I made!

After all the presents were open, it was time to play!

Of course, Daddy had to show the kids how it's done!

Brandon thought he was showing Caleb how to ride,

but Caleb surprised both of us and took off with it!

Then Sarah flew by Daddy to show him how it is really done!

Of course, he only left the tractor for a few minutes . . .

the rest of the morning was spent playing with the tractor. . .

loading and unloading. . .

hauling and scooping. . .

running into walls . . .

backing into furniture. . .

well you get the idea!

Sarah wanted a turn to drive too!

Both of the kids definitely love tractors!

I finally got everyone to sit down for a delicious breakfast!

I served Great Aunt Maxine's sausage and egg casserole, butter braid and oranges!

It was yummy!

Then back to the games!

Caleb loves playing his new Hungry, Hungry Hippo game from Santa!

Sarah and I played Twister (also from Santa) while Brandon installed the surround sound system,

but no pictures were allowed to be taken while Twister was being played.

It was finally time to go to Grandma and Grandpa Canning's house!

But we couldn't leave without Sarah's new DS!!!

I had such a great morning watching the kids open their presents and play with each other.

But my favorite moment was sitting down to breakfast and eating the oranges!

As long as I can remember, Santa has always given me an orange in my stocking and we've always served them for breakfast along with the sausage casserole.  I remember Grandma Kay always cutting up our oranges and sprinkling sugar on the top of the orange.  I don't think it would feel quite like Christmas without oranges, sausage casserole and my family sitting at the breakfast table together!!