David and I got up at 7:30 that morning and our kids were still sleeping. We were laughing about how are kids have never woken up before us, and how not normal that is, and what is wrong with them etc. The rule in our house is that if they wake up before us, they can only look through their stockings. The stockings were still sitting exactly where Santa had left them. It seemed like everything was the same. When I came downstairs to talk to David he asked me what had been at the top of Joelle's stocking? I said I couldn't really remember how Santa had packed it. He thought it had been looked through. I said "really? Everything still looks so perfect?" He said "I don't know that just kind of how it looks." Well after they all woke up Joelle admitted that they all got up at 2:00 in the morning (they were all sleeping in the same room) and looked through their stockings. Then she made sure everything was put back perfectly. It was so funny. They were all so tired. David and I just laughed and told them it was a good thing they woke up after Santa had come or he might have been upset and not come. ;-) We really had a great Christmas morning.
Jake got a geo tracks train from Santa. He had been wanting one forever. He was quite happy.
David and I can't actually remember what Katie got from Santa. Isn't that sad????
Now I remember, it was a book shaped like a turtle that plays music and games and says letters..... Not that exciting which is why I couldn't remember. :)
Ben got a King Arthur Castle that he wanted for months. David and I didn't know that it was all tiny little lego pieces that had to be put together. If we had taken the time to read that we might have asked Santa to bring something different. Just kidding. It has been a fun time for Ben to spend with his Daddy.
Emmalee got an I-pod shuffle (instead of a lap top or video camera that she asked for) with a David Archuleta (her 1st heart throb - she voted for him 12 times that American Idol season) cd. She loves it. She is a technology girl. She is always walking around with her earphones in. Funny little thing.
Joelle had been asking for a Swim to me puppy which she happily opened but was also surprised to find a little box with it. Inside the box was a real silver locket that had a real diamond in the center. She didn't care that the diamond was the size of a pencil point she just loved that it was real. Way to go Santa! Way to know that she has wanted a real locket for years, but never remembers to put it on her list. She loves Santa more than ever.
David got his first gun.... It was a shot gun. He broke it in on his birthday a week and a half later. He is definatly a gun guy. Can you say that?? I mean ..... he just likes guns. That doesn't really sound good either I guess. Anyway, he was quite happy with his Christmas.
The funny thing was that I bought and wrapped the present while he was out of town. I went with my brother to get it because I knew he could tell me what to buy and David would never guess that I would buy it for him. Well when he got home he was shocked and excited, and had no idea. I had also wrapped a box of bullets and put them under the tree. It was when he picked up that small heavy box that he figured it out. I mean seriously. I should have just stuck them in his stocking. Although they are so heavy, I don't think that would have worked. Oh well, he still enjoyed it on Christmas day.
Katie was just happy to be in the middle of all the chaos. She didn't really get into opening her own presents just watching every one open theirs and then trying to take it. She was fun to watch. The only thing she really wanted to play with all morning was the tub of batteries. She played in that little box of batteries for hours. It was great. If we had know that's what we would have gotten her for Christmas.
The love of my life spent the rest of the morning making his awesome crescent rolls for Christmas dinner. They are really heaven on earth. He is the Best. Isn't he handsome in the apron his mom sent for Christmas. I love when David is in the kitchen because I know something incredibly yummy will come of it.
Nana also sent us some fun Christmas pancake molds for Christmas, but when we asked our kids if they wanted pancakes they declined and asked for cereal. I mean really, what kind of mother am I. My children prefer cereal to a homemade breakfast. That is just wrong. At least I had Christmas Captain Crunch. I did that much right :-).
This room wasn't even where we opened the presents. It had been perfectly clean that morning. Crazy kids.
Samson of course was still a novelty at that day. We had only had him for 4 days. He is the best little puppy. If you look in the left bottom corner of the picture you will see where Katie spent half the day. We couldn't get her to come out of Samson's crate.
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