The opening of the presents

Christmas Day was nice.  The boys didn't rush from present to present but actually played and looked at each one before moving on.   Eyvind did surprisingly well, although she did have a hard time sitting still to eat.  For the record, these were not all from us.

 A Playmobil car to go with her dollhouse.

 Eyvind got a play sink that really pumps water.  The kitchen has been very wet.

 Books!  Both have already read them through, and they'll probably have them read again by the end of the week.

 A Jurassic Park shirt.  Morley wore it on Christmas and asked me to wash it so he could wear it again on Boxing Day.  A note about the Slimer toy: Morley has never seen Ghostbusters, but he loves Slimer.  I really don't like Slimer.

 A yeti playset.  He wanted this particular one because the yeti looks like the one in the Matterhorn in Disneyland.  He refuses to ride the Matterhorn, but he has seen pictures.

 Dr Who Lego set and Rubik's Cube (bottom rt corner).  The Rubik's Cube was immediately mixed up.  He has spent hours trying to figure it out.  The Lego set was put together very quickly, in spite of having 623 pieces.

 Lego wreath.  It was put together and on the door by lunchtime.  I almost bought this for the kids, but I'm glad I didn't because this was from a family member who has a knack for buying kids' toys.

 See N Say.  She was playing with this on Boxing Day at six in the morning.  I woke up to, "Listen to the cat!  Meeoooooowww!"

 Scarface Claw book.  She loves cats, and Scarface Claw is her favorite fictional character.  Probably because he has a bit of an attitude.

 Gift cards to Books A Million.  We went yesterday and bought the store.    We are going to need more bookcases soon.

 Animal bowling.  I think Dashiell enjoys it as much as she does.

Dashiell was back to playing with Legos at this point.