Christmas morning was great. This was the first year that Ava could wake up on her own and go to see if Santa had come (last year she was still sleeping in a crib). As you can imagine, Ava was incredibly excited to see all of the presents from Santa and came and told us that "SANTA CAME!!!" Like every other kid on Christmas morning, she was ready to rip right into the presents but her mommy wanted to take a picture first. I love the expression on her face. Chris got some major husband points for wrapping all of the presents this year! I got way too busy making stuff.
Ava's favorite and biggest present this year was a digital camera. She used to go around and take pictures all of the time with my phone. Now, she has a camera of her very own.
Elise got a lot of things in the theme of Little People, which she really likes right now. Elise had fun with all of the presents too. She tried to open a few that weren't hers and wanted to open the toys right away to play with them - but who could blame her. We have a book on Santa that we've been reading that has the songs "Up on the Housetop" and "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" in them. Elise would say "kissmiss" and "ho, ho, ho, who.....go....ho, ho, ho..." when we said Santa or saw anything that reminded us of Christmas.
We had a nice morning opening gifts in our pjs and having a yummy breakfast of cinnamon rolls and a ham, potato, egg & cheese breakfast casserole.
The girls with some of their loot.
Elise went and plopped herself down in Ava's lap so they could play their game together. It's always sweet to see your kiddos snuggling or sharing or just being nice to one another. I then spent time making cheesecake, potatoes, and homemade caramel popcorn for Christmas evening. I bit off way more than I could chew (surprise, surprise!) but somehow managed.
Christmas afternoon/early evening was spent at my parents' house. We draw names for gifts for the adults and get the kids little things. We also play dirty
santa aka crazy
santa or white elephant.
Overall it was a busy but nice day. We tried to instill that the real meaning of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of our Savior, of course, too. It's kind of hard to push the point when the kids are bombarded by presents though! I guess that's what all the other 364 days of the year are there for too. (Jesus, not presents, that is. ;)
Christmas morning was great. This was the first year that Ava could wake up on her own and go to see if Santa had come (last year she was still sleeping in a crib). As you can imagine, Ava was incredibly excited to see all of the presents from Santa and came and told us that "SANTA CAME!!!" Like every other kid on Christmas morning, she was ready to rip right into the presents but her mommy wanted to take a picture first. I love the expression on her face. Chris got some major husband points for wrapping all of the presents this year! I got way too busy making stuff.
Ava's favorite and biggest present this year was a digital camera. She used to go around and take pictures all of the time with my phone. Now, she has a camera of her very own.
Elise got a lot of things in the theme of Little People, which she really likes right now. Elise had fun with all of the presents too. She tried to open a few that weren't hers and wanted to open the toys right away to play with them - but who could blame her. We have a book on Santa that we've been reading that has the songs "Up on the Housetop" and "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas" in them. Elise would say "kissmiss" and "ho, ho, ho, who.....go....ho, ho, ho..." when we said Santa or saw anything that reminded us of Christmas.
We had a nice morning opening gifts in our pjs and having a yummy breakfast of cinnamon rolls and a ham, potato, egg & cheese breakfast casserole.
2 comments:
Looks like a wonderful day. I love that picture of you with your girls on your lap. You all look beautiful! You definitely caught yourself a great hubby. Love how he wrapped all the gifts!
What a great Christmas! That's nice to enjoy time with your little family and then with extended... I agree with Anne Marie too, wrapping is a definate catch!
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