Wilkins Boys: Cole's top 10 list of favorite Christmas gifts

#10 NEW MARKERS: Pip Squeaks Mix'Ems washable crayola markers. The markers actually have a mixing chamber inside of them to change their colors. He also got new markers that you can draw all over the bathtub and the color washes away with soap and water. What great bathtime fun. Santa sure knows his stuff.

#9 SNOWMAN: A loveable plush snowman with an adorable Elmer Fudd hat from Nannie and Papa.

#8 PAJAMAS: What else is there to say...look at how adorable they are. The jammies did make the #1 Christmas gift on Christmas eve until he opened the rest of his presents Christmas morning.

#7 GAS STATION: We actually now have a gas station in our house where all the cars, scooters, motorcycles, etc. can get re-fueled. Now the question is "unleaded or super-unleaeded"?

#6 FLASHLIGHT: New flashlight from Grandpa and Grandma for all those hunting trips late at night when it's dark in the house. You never know when you're going to run into a bear. If it's not in bed with him, you can usually find it in his jeans pocket.

#5 ALARM CLOCK: Finally a big boy alarm clock so he knows exactly what time he should get up in the morning. So far, it hasn't made getting up any easier, bu the sure feels like a big boy listening to music when he goes to bed.

#4 SLED: An old-fashioned wooden sled that fits two from Cabelas. The kids opened quite a few presents on the sled Christmas morning. Now, if we could only get some snow. We're going to have lots of memories with their new sleds.

#3 TRANSFORMERS: So my little bumblee decided he wanted transformers this year. So he got new transformer bedding from grandpa and grandma. He was so excited to sleep in his new bed and asked me to help him make his bed when he woke up. Very funny!!! He also got robots of Optimus Prime and Megatron from us and Bumblebee from Aunt Maria.

#2 A NEW GUN: So what makes this rifle so much better than the other 20 guns around our house...it has a scope (or as Cole would call it, a telescope) on it. Here is just a normal day in our house going hunting.

#1 PILLOW PET: Santa's gift made #1...who would have thunk it...A pillow pet. And why you ask are these so special? It's a huggable, soft, cuddly animal that with any easly unvelcro of a strap turns into a pillow. Cole saw a commercial for these on TV about three months ago and sold me wtih the sales pitch "they are even machine washable". They have been a huge hit with the kids. They go to bed with them every night, have taken them on two long trips in the car, and pack them all over the house. Finn's is named Quack Quack and Cole named his puppy Clippord. I think he was trying to name him off of Clifford the Big Red Dog, but it comes out Clippord. Love it!!!