Christmas Day

We had a wonderful start to our Christmas Day.  On Christmas Eve when the boys couldn't stop talking about Santa and when he would come to our house....Ben and I bit our tongues to keep ourselves from bursting that bubble...we told the boys we would not open gifts until 8:00 the next morning.  And it worked! They slept until about 7, which is normal for them, and then we ate breakfast and finally we got to open gifts.
Noah lost his first tooth on the 23rd, check out that little gap on the bottom row.  He was VERY excited and thankful for the two quarters the tooth fairy left for him (even though we lost the tooth before we could even leave it for the tooth fairy).

So, on to opening presents.  The boys got work gloves, underwear, toothbrushes and colored pencils in their stockings.  They were the most excited about the underwear and toothbrushes.

Levi got new "cowboy jeans".  He has a pair already that he's worn holes in the knees because he wears them every.single.day.  Seriously (I'm shaking my head as I'm typing).  But, the new jeans haven't quite taken hold yet, and he much prefers the old pair to the new pair....it's a slow process.

Noah gave me a calendar that he made in school and Ben a clay hand print he made in art.

Levi and Noah both got new shoes.  New basketball shoes, like the high school boys wear.  Levi's are a half size too small and one of Noah's rubs his ankle.  Their old shoes, that they both love, are so worn out and too small that it was time for new shoes....except transitioning to the new ones hasn't gone as smoothly as we had hoped.

We bought the boys an indoor, over the door, basketball hoop.  It was a hit from the moment they ripped the paper off.

After they got the new basketball pumped up,

it was time to play some ball!

We had a nice Christmas Day service at church and then spent the rest of the day at my parents' house.

Noah and Levi put on a surprise program for us.  Noah doesn't know how to play the piano and Levi doesn't know how to play the guitar but, they both know how to sing.

It was cute and hilarious and wonderful.