Christmas morning the kids were quiet in their rooms until about 7:30. Even then, when I went in to get them, they were waiting quietly in their beds. I’m not sure Andrew even remembered it was a special day! We’ve taught them well to stay in their room until someone comes to get them up!
It’s a little blurry because they were so quick, but here’s Leah’s reaction when she first came into the living room Christmas morning. However, it’s not because of all the presents she saw. She was so excited to see that Santa had eaten the cookies & egg nog we’d left for him. That was the first thing she wanted to know when she woke up—“I want to see if Santa ate the cookies & egg nog!” The presents were almost an afterthought—until she started opening. Then she wanted more & more, of course!
Leah again zoomed through her presents, opening and excitedly yelling out what each one was. Several times she said “It’s just what I asked for!” or “Just what I wanted!” She was so genuinely excited about everything. Santa did a great job of choosing her gifts: a Rapunzel costume; a Princess purse with keys, phone, makeup, and a compact; and a Princess game. She also got a Tinkerbell watch, a Princess book with a magic wand, and some puzzle books & some writing practice books. Leah is an organizer, like her Mommy & Daddy, and once all the gifts were open, they had to be sorted through and put in their own specific place in her room. By far the ones played with the most was the dress up costumes.
Andrew seemed a bit overwhelmed by all his presents. He would open one and then want to open the packaging so he could play with it. After it was all over, he just wanted to watch cartoons and really didn’t play much with any of his new stuff, because there was just too much he didn’t know what to do! Santa got him a big Duplo dump truck that can really dump out the blocks; a stick horse & cowboy boots; and a spy set with sunglasses, a flashlight & walkie talkies. He also got a toy vacuum cleaner, some paint, some cars, an “armor of God” costume with a sword,
I really only got Abigail gifts so that the big kids wouldn’t think Santa forgot her. She got a couple toys and a new bottle. She sat alert and content in her bouncer seat the whole time we opened gifts, enjoying the action. She crashed almost immediately after.
The rest of the opening went by quick!
We opened the last box of “What God Wants for Christmas,” a Bible nativity book we’ve done two years now. (Each box contains a character of the nativity scene to open the 7 days leading up to Christmas. The last box is a mirror, to represent that God wants us for Christmas.)
The kids hung out in their pj’s the rest of the day, playing and painting and watching cartoons. We had a nice ham dinner before settling down for the night. What a great way to spend the day with our little family!
