Maybe it was a blessing that Annika stayed up until 12:30 - we got to sleep in until 7:00! Yay! Well - we actually woke up before that because we were excited about the girls seeing their presents - but still we got to sleep in more than usual.
Santa brought Mieka a fun castle with lots of princesses and ponies. Annika got a Build A Bear closet full of clothes for her newest build a bear - Snowflake. They also got some fun games and videos and their own scripture cases and scriptures. Dave got me season tickets to the Hale Theater - yay! Now we have a fun guaranteed date almost every month. Woo hoo!
We decided this year to let Annika and Mieka pick out a present for each other. I was amazed at how thoughtful they were of what the other one wanted. Mieka picked out roller skates for Annika and Annika picked out a Strawberry Shortcake doll and "swimming pool" set for Mieka. I think both were pretty excited.
The next presents opened were from Grandma and Grandpa Sucher - a dinosaur and a membership to Thanksgiving Point so that we can now go and visit the dino museum when ever we want. :) They also got a fun magnetic doll set from Marianne and Gary. Dave built a large bulletin type board out of metal that we hung on the wall so they could dress their dolls easier. And Nancy gave the girls a super fun tunnel that both they and Asher played in for some time. Thank you everyone for the super fun presents!!
There was one last present that was hiding in the tree - we wrapped up a dvd case with a little note inside: "I'm waiting - come and find me." After opening it Annika rushed out to the tv, turned it on, and there waiting to greet her was her very own tiger. We ended up getting a kinect for our xbox and got the Kinectimals game. Both girls had a super fun time playing with their kitties all morning.
Annika petting her cheetah. This is my idea of a good pet!
Mieka teaching her kitty how to play dead. It's amazing how the computer can pick up movement. As soon as Mieka flopped over on her back her kitty would too.Dave even shoehorned into the tv time to play his new kinect game - Dance Central. He's quite the dancing king. :)
After vigorously playing with all the new toys we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Southern. They had fun presents waiting for the girls as well. The girls then played for a few minutes while we chatted.
After the fun and excitement we returned home to play with all the toys again! What a super fantastic Christmas. We are so blessed!
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