the loot

Santa spoiled our house once again and we all enjoyed watching the excitement of Teagan and Landry Christmas morning. Opening presents at our house is an all day affair. Teagan likes to take his time with each thing he opens and really check it out before moving on to the next thing. He received LEGOs, pirate boats, a magic set, a wheel barrow to help Dad, and the list goes on. Landry is now fully supplied with dolls and accessories, food, cart and cash registar for the play kitchen, a TAG reading system so she doesn't have to steel brother's anymore, a tutu, and much more.

The best part of this Christmas was that Teagan was grasping the concept of not only getting, but giving as well this year. He helped pick out all the toys for Toys for Tots and him and I went shopping for Landry one day at Build A Bear. He made Landry an Owl which he named Hooty and kissed the heart and made a wish for her as it was being sewn together. He did his shopping at a store downtown set up for kids at Christmas. The elves take the kids behind the wall and help them choose gifts for the people on the list made by parents. Teagan put much more thought into his gifts than I would have imagined and they were each wrapped in a white paper bag and decorated. He got me a little metal bee and Trevor a matching ant to sit at our place at the table. I assume he meant to state that I am the Queen Bee and Trevor is the Worker Ant, but that is just my interpretation :-). He also picked out gifts for Grandma, Pop, and Aunt Erin. He was so proud to have something to hand out to everyone and it is one of those moments that I'll never forget.