Christmas from Grandma Becky

On Christmas morning, the kids open all of their presents from Santa.  To keep the presents from being overwhelming, and to allow the kids to recognize who their presents are actually from, on Christmas Eve we usually open presents from “everybody else.” This year the kids were excited to open up all of their awesome gifts from Grandma Becky.

Grandma Becky, because you didn’t see the kids opening the gifts, here are ALL of the pictures of them opening things from you. There are a LOT of pictures here! : )

Max opened the first gift, which was a set of games:

 

Makenna opened the next gift, puzzle books:

Then we had to stop and play a game. : ) This game matched letters to pictures. Max would find the picture, and then Makenna would find it’s matching letter. It worked out perfectly!

Now back to opening presents! : )

Max’s first present just-for-him was two cute outfits.  Unfortunately, he opened the box, looked at the clothes for a second and then threw them to the side.  Ha ha, he is all boy and just not too into clothes!

Makenna’s first gift-just-for-her was an ADORABLE Hello Kitty purse filled with chapstick, lotion, and a notebook.

Oh, I almost forgot! The purse also had a box of earrings in it.  Makenna was THRILLED with her new earrings!

Max’s next gift held three books.  The books were neat because they had moveable-googly eyes!

Then both kids opened their ornaments—a gingerbread girl for Makenna and a gingerbread boy for Max:

Next Makenna opened a present with a Dora the Explorer doll in it.

Max’s next gift was a set with a car loaded on a big truck.  The present also included his own chapstick and lotion:

Makenna then opened some new books:

And Max opened up a fishtank lamp.

Makenna had a MUCH different reaction when she opened up her box of clothes! She was so excited about them! : )

Their last gift was a bag with pjs, a matching blanket, and some new gloves and a hat.

 

I take that back—they actually opened up one last present.  It was another present to both of them—a memory match game.

The kids were thrilled with their gifts and played with them all day Christmas Eve.

Austin and I opened up our presents from Becky today, on Christmas Day but we didn’t take any pictures of ourselves. : )

I am LOVING our new family blocks:

 

And the Nativity Willow Tree is going to be left up year-round, not just for Christmas!

My fireplace mantel looks awfully snazzy with our new gifts on it!

Thank you for all of the Christmas presents, Grandma Becky! They are absolutely perfect and we love them all!!! We were definitely spoiled this year!