Christmas Eve

Every year we buy a pickle present.  The pickle present is an extra gift that gets to be opened on Christmas Eve by the first person to find the pickle ornament  hiding on the tree.  Jesse hid the ornament while the kids and I were at Jazzercise, so when we got home, the hunt was on!  Seth found the ornament, so he got to open the present.  This year the present was a box of MagFormers.  We have all had fun playing with them.  Jesse made a hat out of them for Seth to wear.   You can see a sphere in Seth's hand, too.

 I don't have a clue what that blur is at the bottom of the picture, but it looks really cool.

We told the kids they could each open one present after dinner.  Luke didn't like having to wait.  

Seth didn't like waiting either, but at least he didn't cry.  

Seth decided to play in the curtains.

Meanwhile...  Luke decided to get a head start on dinner so he could open his present!  

Do you see this child eating salad right out of the bowl?  His brother won't touch that stuff with a 10 foot pole!

Finally, we all ate dinner and there was much rejoicing!  Luke got Gears! Gears! Gears! Under the Sea set and Seth got the Sonic game for his Leapster.  

Jesse got a new Wii game.

I got the perfect organizer for my craft supplies.  Yay!   I can't wait to fill it with all of my stuff!  I forgot to take a picture of it.  Jesse told me he looked 8 different places before he finally found it.  He got the last one, and it is absolutely awesome!