Christmas Morning

Regarding the night before Christmas, I thought the saying went “not a creature was stirring…”  At about 5 am I heard some rustling near by bedroom door.  I figured it must be one of the three oldest, but I had no idea what they were up to.  Knowing it must be Christmas related and not wanting to ruin whatever surprise they had in mind I stayed quiet and after they’d finished I quickly went back to sleep.  When I woke up I found this taped to the inside of my bedroom door.  Jason had made it and commissioned Carly to put it up for him. 

It reads “Thank you for all the trips we done love, Jason” there were two small white paper boxes taped to the door, each with five precious Hershey kisses he’d received the night before.  Best gift of the day.

Christmas morning didn’t get started until 7:30 or 8am here.  The girls may have woken up a bit earlier than that, but nobody had to wait around long this year for the celebration to begin.  I’m always grateful to not have to get up early so it was perfect timing.  The kids lined up on the stairs to head downstairs and then everyone dug into their stockings.

Carly wasn’t sure what this could be – it’s a handy way to hang the girls’ headbands/belts on     

Abigail got a tube of my favorite lipgloss – Santa is a smart one! 

   

Katie had specifically put a “cat coloring book” on her wish list – score! 

   

The kids were excited to see that Santa had left us a family surprise – movie tickets and treats to see The Good Dinosaur over the holiday break.

The plan was to eat breakfast between stockings and gifts under the tree, but the kids couldn’t hit pause so we plowed through.

Abigail had Drew for her secret sibling and picked out a boogie board for him to take to church

Jason gave Katie a Minion coloring book – Amazon grossly exaggerated this JUMBO coloring book

I think it’s sweet that the girls purchase each other gifts even though they didn’t draw their name – fingers crossed that these girls stay friends forever.  Abigail bought Carly a cool coloring book and Carly bought Abigail some cute boot socks and a big candy bar.

Grandma and Val sent new cars for Drew and Katie was excited to receive a replenishment of fusion beads and new templates.  The big kids scored some spending cash to pick out something special they would like. 

The kids each got something clothing related – not much exciting but following a big trip to Hawaii they didn’t expect much so it was a great morning.  I did get the family a Bluetooth speaker – we might be the last people to own one, but it’s already gotten a lot of use and is nice to have.  The aftermath – not too bad, eh?

Justin had requested Waffle Love for breakfast  - yum, yum.

We spent the rest of the morning enjoying our new goodies and time together as a family before heading off to the Fletcher’s for more Christmas fun.