Christmas 2013

We had a fantastic Christmas this year. It was just our little family, no visitors, so it was nice and "quiet."
On Sunday we had a "Thanksmas Eve Day" (Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas and Sunday) dinner with our good friends the Wildings.
Christmas Eve we had the Porter tradition of soup and sandwiches for dinner and then the kids got to open their Christmas jammies.

The kids were very excited on Christmas morning, but were patient enough to let us sleep till 7:30 (that's good!).

L got a ball popper but wasn't too sure about it in the beginning. I'm not sure if it was the noise, or the balls popping out of the top of it or what, but he warmed up to it pretty quickly.

One of C's most successful gifts (not necessarily favorite, but most played with so far) is a Leap Pad. She likes that it is hers, has her type of games on it and is covered in pink and princesses.

K's favorite and most successful gift is all the Skylander stuff that he got!

L loved his rocking dragon. He a professional dragon rider now.

C said over and over that she wanted a pink drum for Christmas. L enjoys it as much as she does. The set cam with a harmonica, an ocarina and a tambourine too, so we've had many family jam sessions.

We played with our new toys all day and then enjoyed a nice steak dinner that Great Grandma Porter sent us. Thank you to everyone for your wonderful and thoughtful gifts!!