Christmas Eve:
Husband has the morning off so we have time to be lazy in the morning and then let the kiddos visit with Nana and Gramp while we go off and help Santa deliver gifts to a well deserving family :) After visiting with family, we head for home to prepare for Santa's arrival.. however Sophie who has lacked 3 hours of a well needed nap fell asleep at 6:15 in the car. I carried her into the house half expecting her to wake up.... but she didn't. I carried her upstairs and took off her boots and jacket, leaving her in her jeans and t shirt. She awoke to ask me to tell Santa that the mud puddles were frozen. I kissed her goodnight, and turned on the Christmas lights for Santa to see our home that night! Caleb went to bed shortly after and was too tired to care- so Santa didn't get cookies and milk this year.... I hope he knows that he is welcome to help himself if he is hungry :-) The best gift arrived when my husband got home early from work and was able to help me prepare the house so we could get to sleep before Santa arrived :)
Christmas:
Chad and I woke up and started our breakfast buffet for the family who would be arriving around 9am. At 7am Sophie woke up.. we went into her room and she immediately asked if Santa came :) She got to open her mitten aka. stocking, first and received her first Pez dispenser.. Chad showed her how to use it and after eating her first piece she was in love!!! She was tickled to receive bubble bath, window crayons and other fun goodies including a small box of chocolates which she quickly scarfed. She found a few unwrapped gifts- a Hippo Tent and a shopping cart with built in scanner... which I asked her not to touch yet but quickly found her pushing it into the kitchen filled with her food and baby in tow. She marched in on her cell phone while "shopping at Walmart."
Family arrived and she just couldn't wait to open gifts so I let her open a few while we ate-
Daddy: bath time baby (opened it early), snow tube
Gramp and Nanny K (great): talking baby with stroller, newborn baby and clothes
Gramma Wendy and Gramp White: books, preschool book, markers and crayons
Papa and Nana Juan: playhouse, magnetic letter books, paperdoll set
Gramma and Papa Lacasce: puzzles
Nanny T and Al: reindeer suncatcher, homemade baby clothes, winne the pooh play set, fun bandaids, homemade socks, robe
Mommy: homemade apron, pic a nicka blanet, bathtime bag with jammies and bath markers etc
Mom and Dad: puzzles, books including Where's Waldo which Sophie found immediately on the first page!, shopping cart, hippo tent, mr. potatoe head, piggy bank
Aunty: Train set
Santa: digital camera, candy
Caleb received a few books, diapers, car seat mirror, wool leggings, a couple of toys, Sophie painted fabric
Sophies babies received some new clothes, diaper bag, bibs and a bottle
Mommy received amethyst necklace and earrings, "I love you to the moon and back" sign, screwdriver and knive set (needed it), snowglobe ornament, ladybug without real wings bobble head :), Sophie picked me out a marbled rolling pin
Daddy received LL Bean slippers, game camera, snow tube, smurf shirt, homemade hat and the most important gift a dinosaur
I am sure I am forgetting many things here (sorry recall 12 hours later).
The story of the dinosaur- I took Sophie shopping to pick something out for her dad and she was so excited to find this dinosaur and insisted he needed it, wanted it and she didn't want it for herself... so why not? It would make an awesome memory... she was so proud to buy it, and helped wrap it too! I hid it from her so she wouldn't tell Chad what it was, so when she gave it to him Christmas morning, she said "here dad, open it, its a dinosaur! WOOPS!" and started to giggle... she was so proud she just glowed! She later told him she got it for him to be safe... how friggin cute is that?
Sophie has been playing in her house and tent and is having lots of fun with her new things! I asked her what her favorite gift was this year... her hippo tent :) We played in her tent before bed time tonight, we got to see how our hair sticks to the tent with static, how high we could raise our legs and then cuddled. She even covered me up with one of her fav blankies and tucked the end of it under my head for a pillow. We said good bye to Fisbee tonight and talked about his journey back home to the North Pole and Christmas time is over after tonight. We hopped up the stairs and Sophie kissed her daddy's picture good night and told him to be safe, then sat on her couch looking out her window at the Christmas lights talking about how we would take them down soon. She asked what we would celebrate next, and if it was Halloween... it's funny how we really only celebrate Halloween and Christmas with lights and decorations... I think we need to visit this issue next and celebrate more holidays!!! Let's see where this takes us next....
To end my long blog tonight- I tucked her in to bed, kissed her good night. She said Merry Christmas Mommy, I love you! Did you have a good day? Which is exactly what Chad asks me all the time :)
Cuddles with Caleb now who is still snug in his new sleeper bunting- no rush to clean up or pick up as Christmas is about having fun and relaxing, not about stress :) Why do we rush to decorate because of the holiday spirit.. then rush to put it all away?
Off to find the next holiday to celebrate with my family and to bed we go! Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight!
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