Our kids rock! They let us sleep in until 7:45, and then it was our idea to get up and get moving :) As usual, we opened Christmas stockings first. This year, I let the boys wrap for the girls and the girls wrap for the boys. Normally we wouldn't wrap stocking stuffers, but they wanted to help. Brennen decided if he wrapped it, then it was from him, so he carefully wrote: To: Caelan From: Brennen, and To: Gabby From: Brennen on all his packages :) The kids also spent weeks ahead of time making gifts for each other and for us . . . I love that! Caelan sewed me two throw pillows to go with my new bedspread and made Buck a poster with Yoda dressed as a Denver Broncos fan :) Gabby made the boys a Cars and a Cars two poster. Caelan made Brennen a garage for all the Lego vehicles he builds and she made Graysen a jet pack that doubles as a backpack to carry stuff in :) She also sewed Chauncey his own Christmas stocking out of one of Buck's old shirts. Gabby made me a poster of a computer with a special message written on it, so creative! Love my kids :)
We ate breakfast . . . French toast made with Costco's raisin bread. Then went back to the dining room to finish opening gifts. This year, many family members sent gift cards and money for us to do the kids' shopping (which really makes a lot of sense when you think about how much shipping everything costs!) So as I was wrapping, I decided to try to wrap all the gifts from Aunt Shannon in one paper, and all the gifts from Grandma Judi in another paper, etc. That way, the kids could all grab a gift with the same wrapping paper and they could open their gifts from the same family members at the same time. It worked really well! And they were given so many nice things, thank you family thank you!! You always make Christmas morning more fun and special!
With the gifts unwrapped (and Lego sets half built :), it was time to get ready for church . . . but what would everyone wear? Their new Christmas dresses made a Christmas Eve appearance so . . . Momiddy Bobbidy Momiddy Bobbidy Boo hee hee :) Grandma Judi sent each kiddo a spiffy outfit, but I didn't wrap them. I hung them up in MY closet underneath my robe, so when the time came for church and they thought all the gifts were over . . . a brand new outfit appeared. The boys were thrilled with their pin stripes, vests, and ties, and the girls looked lovely. Buck thought he better step it up a notch to keep up with the rest of the crew and he wore a SUIT to church! Now, our preacher teaches in jeans and an Under Armor shirt most of the time, he teased Buck about being so decked out :)
We came back home, threw our Christmas dinner contributions in the oven and let the kids explore their newest toys and books and games. When 1:30 rolled around, we packed everyone up and went to dinner at our friends' (and violin teacher) house for the second year in a row! Yumminess all over the place! It was good to sit and talk while the kids played, and did I mention it was nearly 50 degrees and sunny!! If you can't have a white Christmas, you might as well have an awesome one!
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