The question of the day was, "How did Santa know I like....?" What a genius that Santa is. They were very excited to discover a note left by the empty plate of cookies we had left out for Santa. He wished the kids a Merry Christmas and thanked them for the treats and for being so good. Then he signed it with his fancy signature, which the kids thought was pretty awesome. Lucy was also quick to deduce that the wrapping paper she recognized (green and white) was ours, but all the red wrapping paper must be gifts from Santa, because she didn't recognize the paper. Tyler winked at me and thanked me for my seemingly over-the-top efforts to keep the red paper and sparkly silver gift tags hidden from the kids. They're no dummies!Max's next discovery was a whoopie cushion in his stocking.
When Tyler showed him how it worked and what it did, he giggled in the way only a 3-year-old boy would giggle when talking about toots. He had to test it out for himself right away. 
Then, he tested it out on everyone else in the family at different moments throughout the day. Even the Elders, who stopped by for a Christmas visit, got a dose of whoopie cushion. At one point he exclaimed, "How does Santa know I love toots?!" Logan was mostly content to play with his stocking and the wrapping paper tossed aside by the other kids.
Lucy received 3 stuffed kittens from mom and dad, which she was elated about. Kittens are her favorite.
They were each wrapped separately and in cleverly disguised boxes. At one point she unwrapped a ziploc box and was mostly disappointed at the discovery. "Ziplocs?!" Grandma, Papa, and Janeen came down to join us eventually and Auntie Janeen noticed that Lucy had a new signature on her cast that no one had realized previously. Somehow Santa had managed to sign Lucy's cast while she was sleeping and she didn't even notice! The best part was, it HAD to be Santa, because the signature on her cast matched the signature on the note he had left by the cookie plate. Whenever anyone asks her about her cast or about what she got for Christmas, she is sure to point out Santa's signature right away. And, when she heard that she might get a new cast in a few weeks, she got very teary and said she didn't want a new one, because she wants to keep the one with Santa's signature on it. It was a pretty awesome surprise.
One of the best parts of Christmas is watching the kids make an effort to think of something really special that they want to get for each other and then watching them open those special gifts. This year, Max and Logan got Lucy a special tote box full of nailpolishes and perfumes. 4 different colors.
She was elated and has since painted her toenails all different colors. Lucy and Logan got Max the Optimus Prime transformer that completes his set. Last year for Christmas he received Bumblebee and Megatron, but had to wait a whole year for Optimus Prime. He snuck away immediately to have a bout playing with all of his transformers. 
Dad got to go on a treasure hunt to find his last gift from mom. A 10-gun safe hidden outside in the back of the big red truck.
It was quite a surprise and quite a large and heavy gift for me to hide from him for such a long time. Totally worth it. I guess this means I'm giving in to the fact that my husband is a hunter. Something I never thought would happen. I was especially excited about my new Rachel Ray cookware.
I've only used one pot so far to warm up a can of soup, but I loved it, just the same. 
Once all the presents at our house were opened, we headed up to Grandma and Papa's to eat some breakfast and open more presents. The rest of the day was spent playing with all the cool new things that we got, eating good food and visiting with family. Jacob got a Thomas the Train set which kept the boys pretty occupied for hours and Lucy loved playing Tyson's new hunting game on the big screen. It was a fabulously exhausting day.
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