Petersen Family: Christmas

On Christmas Eve eve we had a Christmas Party for the kids.

There was lots of Gingerbread house decorating... They each got their own mini house and lots of candy and frosting to make them unique. They really ended up cute and the kids seemed to have fun. We watched 3D Polar Express projected on the wall. What a great movie! That was lots of fun, too. Oh, yeah, and we made it easy on ourselves this year and just picked up pizza instead of making a whole meal. Much better than last year! Well, better for me, maybe not better food.

Christmas Day

Santa came! Cade was excited to see all the presents because it's fun to stack boxes! Zach couldn't wait to open them. We had to wait just a few minutes for Jake, during which Zach about went out of his mind!

It was an Elmo Christmas for Cade. Elmo PJs, chatter Elmo, about 12 new Elmo books, and 2 new Elmo blankets. He loves Elmo (see the kiss below)

Zach got a million and one action figures: batman, robin, and villains; Spiderman; GI Joes; Ninja Turtles; and transformers. He also got the Bat Cave and a Castle to play with them all in. So, he's been busy this week following Christmas.

Oh, and Cade opened this little ball from his stocking first thing. And it was his favorite toy. He carried it around and always went back to it after each gift. The kid loves balls. It's great.