The kids slept in until 7:45--a Christmas miracle! Then Drew wanted to go see if Santa had come. He went to wake up Ava and she said "I don't want to say hi to Santa!" We explained that he had just come and left presents and was no longer in the house! She is too funny! When we got to the living room we saw that Santa had left a train around the Christmas tree! Both kids were excited about that! Then they opened their stockings and Santa presents--a big blue dinosaur for Drew and dress up trunk for Ava.
We opened the rest of our presents, with Drew playing Santa. He could figure out who each present was for and brought them to us. Ava was definitely the slowest opener, she preferred to play with each toy after it was opened and would move on to the next present only after she was finished playing. But, since we didn't have to go anywhere, she could! After we finished opening presents we had a yummy Christmas breakfast of scones and fruit. Then we stayed in our jammies all day and just played with all the toys and games. When Ava took her nap Drew got to watch a movie and we all had such a fun, relaxing day. Around 4 I finally got dressed and started cooking our Christmas dinner, ham and potatoes au gratin. It was the most awesome, perfect Christmas that I could have hoped for and made us realize why we wanted to keep our family at home in the first place.
Drew checking out the train that Santa brought
Ava opening her stocking
Drew loves his new dino!
Ava dressed up in various princess dresses all morning
I've got my coffee and my stocking...I'm ready for Christmas morning
Dan got a certificate for car washes in his stocking
The kids got matching guitars from Auntie and Uncle ThomasA music video starring Drew & Ava
Drew in his new robe
Ava in her new robe
I got a Garmin Forerunner!
The aftermath
Drew watching his train go around and around
My fancy new running pants-I'm going to be so fast!
Christmas dinner
My favorite stocking item-a sparkly travel mug!
4 comments:
Sounds like a fabulous Christmas! Merry Christmas Himmels!
Amy
Oh my goodness, it looks like you all had such an amazing Christmas Eve and Christmas! What fun. I would like to start the Christmas Day at home tradition, too. I always did that growing up and it was so cozy comfy and fun.
I'm so happy to hear what a good day you had together. I loove the guitar video. Too cute! ooxxo
What a wonderful Christmas! We, too, have decided that when Luke is 3 we will start having Christmas mornings at home. I'm glad you had such a great day and after Drew's summer I'm sure that Christmas was even extra special this year.
And oh my goodness, I LOVE my Garmin!!! Have fun with it!
Jesse (Luke's mom)
i didn't see the vid on this post till today! it's SO cute, and drew's pretty good too. ava: "we're good thingers!" hahaha i like her so much! okay, enough exclamations now.
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