Santa came! - part 1

Christmas Eve night, after putting Lake to sleep, Stryker helped me prepare for Santa. He decided against his original plans (chocolate & french fries for Santa, a piece of pie for the reindeer) thank goodness & settled for brownies that I made on Monday. He sat on the counter gobbling down brownies while instructing me to only leave Santa 2 very small brownies. We sat the plate of brownies & a mug of milk. Then, Stryker asked me to please move the fireplace screen out of the way so that Santa would not bump into it & not leave presents! Oh the thought processes of a child! I moved the screen aside & we headed off to pile in the big bed with daddy. Logan took Stryker to his bed & came down laughing. Logan informed me that Stryker had shown him the brownies for Santa but decided Santa only needed 1 brownie so he ate the other 1. I'm glad Santa at least got 1 small brownie! I ended up putting Santa's gifts together myself because Stryker wouldn't stay asleep due to the excitement meaning Logan laid with him most of the night. The next morning I woke early as always. I am definitely the kid in the family! I was about to go wake up the kiddos because I couldn't stand it any longer, when I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Logan & I ran down the hallway so we could watch Stryker's reaction to...

Santa coming to the Green house!!!!!

Lake slept about 45 min longer so we enjoyed quality time with little man. We played with his monster truck track & legos that Santa left. Lake was confused at the beginning but quickly realized there were toys!!! She enjoyed playing with the cell phone that Santa left, singing & dancing to the music. Coco & Fletch showed up in time to see all the ripping of wrapping paper off the presents. Stryker received baseball gear (baseball glove, bat, balls, & tee) & remote control firetruck (Stryker figured out the hose actually shoots water which we were not aware of). Lake received a teddy bear (sings, dances, reads, etc) & 2 musical books. They received a joint gift which was an inflatable bouncy house. We snacked on Dunkin Donuts - compliments of Fletch. Later that morning, Stryker helped Coco & me in the kitchen making our special coffee cake, scrambled eggs, sausage, & bacon. Stryker even squeezed in dancing with Coco on the counter! The kiddos also received a spin, bounce type see saw. Logan really enjoyed putting that together! It was another great Christmas morning!