Christmas with the Kids

For the past three years we've had Christmas with the kids and the families of our friends - my college roommate Lisa and her family, and her cousin Brian and his family (his wife Stephanie used to watch Drew).  Sunday was another such event - the six kids and the six adults enjoying a tasty dinner, dessert, drinks and watching the kids open presents.

Of course the latter is the highlight for the kiddos.  It's crazy watching them open gifts in about 10-seconds flat.

L-R: Trevor, Emily, Drew, Troy, Mason (mostly hidden by Troy).  Ms. Stephanie is in the blue playing "Santa".

Drew was so excited to see what he got from Trevor and Emily (my friend Lisa's kids).

The following  picture is blurry,  but you can't mistake the excited little boy holding that new toy - Chuck the talking Truck. (He recently discovered the cartoon on the new kids network called Hub).

The older kids were perfectly happy to play with their new toys - DS games.
L-R: Trevor, Mason, Emily

Later that night Drew and his BFF Troy were giving each other hugs....

Which would just lead to them knocking each other over on top of each other...

They had a blast doing that and then wrestling Stephanie's brother.  Needless to say Drew had so much fun he conked out less than halfway home.