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excited about his new remote controlled robot!

trying out his new kids binoculars!

heading back to the tree for his next prize!

one of his favorite gifts this year was the singing and dancing alan the alien!

playing with alan!

exhausted and spent, all the gifts were opened.  now its time to get a little rest so he can play with them all again later!

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as you can see, he's a little big excited about getting to open his prizes...

digging right in on his first gift of the morning.

another hexbug!  he was thrilled to get another one and wanted to introduce the new one to his other two bugs so they could be friends.

dancing along with his new dancing wind up robot.

one of his gifts was a set of poles and joints to make his own forts- so we immediately headed to the playroom and made one together!

taking a little breather and getting a drink- thats the thing about christmas morning, you've got to stay hydrated!

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playing with his new snoopy toy while chowing down on pandas!

ledge always loves riding sandy at the M store!

ledge is excited about his monster gloves and hat!

nothing to see here, just a bunch of stuffed animals.  nothing out of the ordinary...

putting up some christmas decorations in ledger's room.

making treats with mema!

watchin' tv with daddy.

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the boys sure are ready for breakfast!

they started digging into the gifts as soon as breakfast was over!

enjoying the gifts and showing them off to grandma!

all the kids watching a little christmas tv with their grandma.  and grandpa fast asleep...

some of the beautiful architecture of the rad old detroit house!

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auntie barbara reading to liam and ledger before nigh-night time.

diana and james hangin around the fireplace.

all the adults played a fun role playing game after the kids when to bed.

ledger the astronaut playing in the kid's kitchen playset.

crafties

he always wants to make a boy and a girl version of everything- and then tape them to diana and my bedroom!

decorating for christmas

setting up the new tree was pretty simple and ledger loved every minute of it!

he loved putting the ornaments on the tree- he also just loved to climb up and down that step ladder!

mama and ledge getting the tree looking just right!

checking it out with the lights off.

we have a really high ceiling in our living room, so we got one of those crazy disco light stars for the top of the tree- and boy does it look cool!

new bed

it felt like it came from ikea or something- so many pieces!

its coming together!

ahhh!  the first time he crawled in he felt like such a cool guy!

livin' it up!

ledger's first movie

before the show checking out the theater.

pretty impressed with how huge the screen is!

he totally loved it!  certainly a boy after his daddy's own heart!

moving again

ledger's bedroom.

our little boy peeking over the railing leading up to the loft.

ledge playing in the living room.

the loft is now ledger's new toy room, he's got that whole place filled up with all his toys- its his own little fun room!

regent theatre

the movie that i got to see in this magnificant theater was 'the martian'.  it was pretty cool!

the one screen theater on the inside.

waiting in line at the concession stand.

ready for the movie to start.  man, i love this place!

table time

i draw the picture, he colors it!

he tried writing 'cat' a few times- and was so proud of himself when he did it!

we even taped his work on the fridge so he could show it off.

trying his new 'table time' book!