Christmas at the Crists!

Ok, now say that 10 times fast! We celebrated Christmas at Mike's parent's house the weekend before the 25th. The kids had tons of fun and got so many wonderful presents! Nathan was very pleased with his Visa gift cards - he had some things he was saving up for and wanted cash or gift cards this year. By the way, his present to himself (and all his friends) was Rock Band for the XBox360. Of course, he is the drummer in the band, and his friends will be having fun singing or playing the guitar. It looks like tons of fun, can't wait to see it in action.

Faith drawing in her art kit prior to opening presents.

Oh, it's time for presents now?!?

Faith had quite a mixed group of toys. She received an American Girl Bitty Baby and some outfits. She is just starting to play with dolls, so we will have to see how this goes. She still prefers her stuffed animals. She also got a very cute outfit and a ton of Dora stuff from Mike's sister. She loved her Dora ball! She was also excited to get a Dora DVD - its been played over and over already! She is now counting in Spanish and using the Spanish words for up and open. She has a ton of fun - along with Molly.

Molly is very into dolls, and got an American girl doll also. She received Ivy, the Chinese American doll, with . . . pierced ears! We knew that she would be so excited to have a doll with pierced ears, and she was even more excited to have a Chinese doll with long hair! She has been playing with it every day, and I think the doll changed clothes just minutes after she arrived! Her hair has been styled and combed into multiple styles every day and Molly cannot get enough of her. She also received some very nice outfits for both herself and her doll, some books and a stocking full of goodies. She was very pleased with every gift!

Molly checking out her stocking from Aunt KuKu and Uncle Jack

Molly's new best friend - Ivy!

Here are pictures of the kids with all their loot at home. As you can see, they are very happy. And to think, Santa hasn't even come! Can you say toy room! We are taking down the tree and creating a toy room in our dining room (which has never had a table) once the furniture in the dining room has moved.