This was our first year alone for Christmas morning. It was definitely different but we had fun. Our kids slept in til 7 -their normal wake up time - and then we came downstairs. This was the tree prior to the kids arrival. Notice we had to get Finn a stocking too. That dog is spoiled.
The first gift - we gave each kid their own SD card. We talked it up like it was awesome and the kids were very appreciative even though you could tell they thought we were a little crazy.
Evan got his own slippers so he would quit wearing mine. He and I have the same size feet currently and he thinks its hilarious he can wear my shoes.
New Wii games and DVDs that were all a hit this year.
Grace and Kyle asked Santa for Legos, which he delivered on, and then Kyle got Grace an extra set of Legos.
Kyle got lots of Skylanders things, just like he wanted.
Finn definitely wanted in on the action.
Snow White! Her only missing princess, or at least that's what she told us. She got doll house furniture from Grandpa for her princess dolls and has thoroughly enjoyed playing with Snow White and all of her friends in it.
Evan's ripstick in the background. It is a little strange having a big kid who wants more big kid gifts and not just toys. He asked for a skateboard from Grandma and Grandpa, a ripstick, Rubiks cube, yo-yo, and a few other random things. Thankfully he loved everything he asked for and has had fun with it all.
The final gift. We gave the kids rechargeable batteries somewhere in the middle of the gift giving. Again we talked it up like it was awesome and they tried to act excited. Then at the end we lined them all up on the couch with matching boxes. They weren't allowed to say what they were til everyone got it open.
Evan figured it out first, everybody got a digital camera. Grace had so much fun taking pictures at Mt Rainier that we decided to try to get them all a camera, and we found a great deal that let that happen. They were so excited and Kyle said "thats why you gave us those lame gifts earlier!" It was pretty funny. The cameras resulted in us having our best documented Christmas day ever - pictures to come in the next post.
Overall it was fun to be with just our little family of five, but we missed family. We did facetime Christmas Eve to sing the 12 days of Christmas with my sister and parents, which I loved. We did our own little Christmas Eve reading a few books, acting out the nativity with our nativity set, and singing Christmas songs around the piano. Our kids were tired so they asked to go to bed at 8:30 and fell right to sleep. I figured they would have a hard time sleeping, but apparently that is just me. They were very grateful for everything this year and could also tell us why we really have Christmas which was nice.
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