I decided to start us off with something new...a german pancake. I have never had one, nor have I ever made one, but it looked interesting. It came out like nothing I had ever had before. It's kinda like a soft-chewy eggy bread thing. It created this big bowl shape but it's super flat, like a pancake. It was good, but only Lily and I ate it. Everyone else opted for more traditional things. I think I'll have to try something else next year.
The twins were up at 6:30a like normal, but Lily doesn't get up till 8-9 so they had to wait a bit to open gifts. She was still sleeping at 9, so I woke her up so we could get the morning started. First up - stockings! Jake got three hotwheels and was super excited. Abby got gloves and glittery chapstick. Lily got a bitty baby and gloves. We were off to a good start.
Next, the presents under the tree.
All Abby wanted this year was a pillow pet. So, Santa didn't disappoint. One penguin pillow pet it was. She also got a talking dinosaur too :-)
Lily is all about her babies so she got a couple of diapers, a new outfit, bottles and a baby moses basket for her babies. She was in heaven and had to immediately try out the baby basket.
This boy is still all about wheels so a new remote control car and race car track was on his list.
The aftermath...
John also surprised me with a few gifts (we haven't give each other gifts since the kids were born). I got a Roomba (robot vaccuum), which I think Jake likes more than me, but it's great to catch all the mess in the kitchen. I also got some great oven mits since I'm always burning my hands on the oven when I take things out, and a second lens for my camera. I was going to get him stuff too, but he said he wanted a new dishwasher so that's what he got. He even got to install it :-).
Such a fun day.
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