I remember being a kid and waking up way too early on Christmas morning. I would sit in my bed wide awake and anxiously watch for the clock to reach the appointed wake-up time. Then my sister and I would race into our parents room to get them up so we could go upstairs and open presents!
We told the girls that they could get up no sooner than 7:00, and come and wake us up. Had I been smart I would have set their alarm clock back a few extra minutes, but instead their clock is set 2 minutes fast... so at 6:58 we heard them clamber out of their beds, jump across the hall, and crawl into our bed chanting "It's Christmas It's Christmas!"
Little Man was still sound asleep so we invited the girls into bed with us to snuggle for a while. I don't know how people do the whole family-bed thing, the 4 of us were squished pretty tight and Spence and Sweet Pea were trying not to fall off the sides. It was a sleepy, joyful, squishy family moment.
After about 15 minutes of snuggling and wiggling and talking about Christmas, Little Man woke up and we all headed downstairs.
Once in the family room the kids discovered that Santa had left unwrapped toys in separate couches and table for each kid.
They quickly went about discovering their loot and digging in their stockings!
After Santa presents we opened our gifts from each other. One of my gifts were these slippers...
They have not left my feet since then except to put on real shoes or boots to go outside, to take a shower, and to go to bed. And when I go to bed they sit right next to the bed so I can slip them on immediately. They are warm, soft, comfy, and have a hard sole which gives them a sturdy feel. The best part? They only cost $5 when I picked them up on black friday.
Yes that's right, I picked them up. But Spence wrapped them so he still gets some credit!
After we finished opening our gifts we got dressed and ready for the rest of day 2. Once everyone was dressed and ready there was a little more time to play with toys.
This is Little Man playing with his remote control construction equipment and matchbox cars.
Babydoll and her new doll. She thinks it's an American Girl doll, but none of us are about to correct her. One of her aunts and grandparents each gave her an Our Generation doll, which are a lot like the American Girl dolls, but a whole lot more reasonable priced!
At 11:00 we went to my parents' house to celebrate with them, my sister, and her boyfriend. We had a Delicious meal of lasagna, spaghetti, garlic bread, salad, and pies for dessert. I've never made homemade lasagna and have become pretty accustomed to the frozen variety, so getting the homemade stuff was amazing!
We had a wonderful time visiting, opening presents, playing "Would You Rather?", laughing, and I even squeezed in a short nap!
One thing I asked for for Christmas was a pair of haircutting scissors. I'm trying to learn how to cut at least Little Man's hair to save time and money. I might even give Babydoll's hair a whirl. My sister gave me these and I can't wait to give it a go!
Later that afternoon we left my parents house, stopped back home to drop off and pick up presents, and let the dog out for a potty break. Then we headed down the road to Spencer's parents to celebrate with his aunt, uncles, and cousins.
There were over 10 kids there, so they had a blast playing hide and seek, the dice game, and running around together. One amazing thing about kids, they can see each other once or twice a year (or in some cases here once every two years) and still play together like they are best friends!
We had a huge meal of several appetizers, ham and turkey, and various salads. When you get a couple dozen adults together for a party, there's always a surplus of delicious food!
We played the dice game, ate, opened presents, ate, got caught up with each other, ate, and generally had a great time!
We finally returned home at about 10:30, got the kids into bed just before 11:00, organized the gifts for the next day, realized we were missing the game gifts for the next day (ended up using them for a different game), and collapsed into another puddle of fatigue.
Stay tuned for the rest of Christmas weekend!
1 comments:
Sounds fun but exhausting!
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