Christmas morning was the typical whirl of activity. Tyler woke up at 5:00 am and did not understand why the little ones were not up yet. The first thing Lindsey noticed was that the cookies and milk were gone. She said"Oh no, Santa's cookies are gone....they are for Santa!" She didn' t really get that Santa came and ate them. It was pretty cute. They finally realized that there were presents under the tree and got really excited. You can imagine what happened....bows, wrapping paper and tags were flying and it took all we could do to keep up. Tyler ended up with THREE new Monopoly games. He was super happy about that. His total is about 11 or 12 now. He loves the game, what can I say? Lindsey and Michael loved everything!!! While the gift frenzy was going on, I couldn't help but be overwhelmed with so much thankfulness and love. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful family. We are so blessed.

Checking out all of their loot. 

Having a good time with his stocking goodies. 

Michael running around with wrapping paper. He would steal the paper as though he was doing something wrong:) 

Enjoying her new keyboard. 

He found his taxi! 

Michael enjoying his "Pablo" from Tyler. 

Hugging her Dora pillow from Aunt Candi and Ariel. 

Lindsey stripped her pajamas off, to put on her princess clothes that Santa brought her. 

Christmas Eve

They were so excited for Santa to arrive, so we decided to open the huge box from Aunt Candi and Ariel. It was a really nice fountain for our yard. Thanks Candi!!! Since that was a family gift, we let them all open one gift from Aunt Christine. They were so happy to be able to open a present. On the parent front, we were so excited to actually get to bed by 12:30! Do you believe it? We actually got some sleep! I guess that was our Christmas present to each other:)

Tyler anticipating what that big box from Aunt Candi could be! 

Aunt Christine gave Lindsey a Strawberry Shortcake doll, which went right to bed with her! 

What do they always say? Give the kids a gift and all they want to play with is....the box.  

Michael opening his Buzz Lightyear remote control car from Aunt Christine. 

Tyler opening his Air Hogs from Aunt Christine. 

Lindsey left some cookies and milk for Santa. She was very concerned that he was going to get some. 

The Scavo's finally got a tree!

With only 10 days until Christmas, we got a tree. I was bit bummed to not be able to go and pick the tree out with the family, but I had sprained my right ankle right before we were to go get it. Charles and Tyler did an excellent job picking the right tree. When they brought it in, we were so surprised by the little ones reactions. Michael right away put his little toy reindeer in the tree and Lindsey squealed "It is so bootiful!". She also informed us that we needed a star right away! It was alot of fun helping them decorate, exhausting yes, but fun. As soon as Lindsey or Tyler put an ornament on the tree, Michael was there to take it down. What a great night.

Lindsey adding her ornament to the tree. 

Tyler decorating the tree. 

Michael was fascinated by the lights.