Christmas 2009

Christmas morning at our house. We kept it simple this year--didn't fly across the Pacific or across the country.

The Christmas tree before the kids attacked.

Mom's present--a new TV. Now she's all set for Sunday football. Finally found the right LED TV that is relatively low power consumption.

Taka opening one of his presents.

Taka playing with one of his new toys.

Taka's new piano--something we found at the bottom of Aki's toybox.

Aki digging for bones in his dinosaur egg from Elizabeth--she sent some really nice presents that the mailman brought on Christmas Eve.

Bikkie trying to open her gift: "Oh man do I wish I had an opposable thumb."

Hard work trying to open a box of Milkbone biscuits.

Aki opening one of his gifts.

The toy Aki has been wanting for nearly a year--bakugan.

Bakugan Battle.

An early present: a set of skis that we let Aki take out the week before Christmas.

And one of the more exciting presents: a battery-powered car picked up at the Goodwill that was in our holiday kids gift exchange. Aki was going to drive to the coffee shop but unfortunately the battery ran down. We are now searching the internet for the right charger.