The Christmas Tornado

The day after Christmas always reminded me of a tornado scene. There are usually piles of new stuff that needs to be put away. Boxes, bags, paper, new toys, clothes, candy...it's like a fun explosion, haha. Our living room looked pretty ridiculous the day after Christmas. We needed to do something about the growing mound of toys that just piled up along the wall.

For anyone, the day after Christmas is all about playing with all of your new stuff. It was no different for Dylan. He played with all of his new things. Not spending too much time on any given toy, he worked his way all over the room to all the the new stuff that he got in the past week.

This is Dylan playing with his new microphone.  This sings a ton of songs, has a bunch of buttons to push and actually does have a tiny microphone sound when you talk into it.  Thank You Great-Grandma & Grandpa Gray.

I think almost all of Dylan's new toys make all sorts of sounds, play music, or talk.  One really fantastic thing that I noticed is that most of them not only have an on and off switch but also have a low and high volume switch.  Thanks to whoever thought of that one!

Dylan got quite a few trucks this Christmas.  This one is a tow truck.  It has all sorts on this with it including animals, cars, and a little walkie-talkie thing Dylan has in his hand.

This is another one of Dylan's new trucks.  This one, however, does not have an on and off switch, haha. Dylan likes to hit the buttons and run away when it makes sounds.  What can I say, he can be a goof.

This is Dylan's fire truck.  This truck is easy to push around on the carpet and really goes when you give it a good push.  

Take notice the the box in the background, that was Mommy's present!

Dylan got a few little toy cars for Christmas.  These little cars are fantastic and also easy to push around on the carpet.  Dylan loves playing with them.  He usually drives them all terrain though and goes up on the walls, tables, couch, chairs, etc.

In addition to all the great gifts that Jeff, Dylan & I got for Christmas, we also received quite a few gift cards. We went out shopping on Friday so Daddy could buy his new Ipod Touch for Christmas. While we were out, we decided to go to Target to look for some shelving or something to help with the Dylan toy clutter.

We indeed found something and it's perfect. There is still a little Dylan clutter but hey...he's a baby and a curious one at that, haha.  So Thank You to everyone and anyone who gave Jeff, Dylan or I a target gift card for the fantastic shelves that you helped us buy!