Day 23: Our Family Christmas

Last night, we had our own little family Christmas before we head out to see all of the relatives for the actual holiday. This was our first Christmas with the puppies and amazingly - they got more presents than all of the rest of us combined! They didn't know what to think... this is shaped like a bone & smells like a bone, but there's some sort of wrapping on it. They quickly figured out how to tear into the package and had a ball. They were more excited than the kids! (Probably because they got more presents!)

The boys each opened their stockings, which held some small, fun items (including this year's ornament) and an MP3 player. They have been talking about "iPods" for months and they got a very cheap, generic version thereof... so they are thrilled! We loaded them up with lots of songs, so the boys will be entertained on the trip to Illinois today. Now, if we could just teach them to TALK QUIETLY while the earbuds are in!!!

We usually do one bigger family gift, rather than a bunch of toys or other stuff. The boys usually get a big haul from the extended family, so we like to keep it simple. Can you guess what we got?

After Max & Lucky had "opened" all of their presents, Max was happily chewing on his bone & Lucky gave me this look... (some people just aren't satisfied!)