Christmas Morning. Honestly, just the best morning of the year. We have a rule at our house that there can be no lights on until 7:00. So sure enough, 7:00 hits and we hear footsteps up above (the boys room is right above ours). Then we can hear Ella's voice, and she has heard movement and spotted the boys light, so she has made her way down to wait with them. But there is not a peep from Ruby. Now last year, Ruby was not even a year old and she slept in until well after 8:00 - and we all had to wait. Well, Ruby hasn't slept in past 7:30 since then! But I am not kidding you...I had to wake her up out of a dead sleep at 8:30 again this year! Isn't she terrible?? I told the boys that she does it just to play a trick on them. :)
So FINALLY, we got to head down for the mass opening. We always draw names to see who gets to open their presents first, second, third, and fourth. That way they can all watch each other open all their presents. It works out great. They just open one present each "round," so it's not that hard to wait your turn. But Santa does have to make sure that they each get the same number of presents! The present opening was a grand event, and the kids were all thrilled with what they got. Spencer got the long awaited street hockey nets and sticks, a little electronic soccer game, a street surfing board, and 3 Rampage hockey tickets. Plus the obligatory stuffed animal (they all must get a stuffed animal from Santa each year, we learned the hard way one year when he forgot - or thought they were too old). Next Tyler got a basketball hoop that he was very surprised and happy about, along with a baseball game, a street surfer, bedroom hoop and ball, and 3 Spurs tickets. Ella was very happy about her new baby doll, jewelry making kit, books and coloring stuff, dress-up clothes, and 2 Nutcracker tickets. Ruby also loved her new doll, as well as a toy lawnmower, microphone, some new books, and a toy cupcake set. Then Santa really spoiled us and got our whole family tickets to see the Lion King, which was here in San Antonio for a month. Very, very exciting!! And that was the end of round one!
We then sat down and had our traditional Christmas Morning breakfast - pecan sticky buns and fresh squeezed orange juice. Mmmmmm...another highlight. After breakfast we went upstairs to open the presents from grandmas and grandpas. They all got some more really fun toys (a Barbie Karaoke set, Laser tag, Sit & Spin, Nerf guns, Barbie accessories, toy piano, marshmallow guns, inflatable boxing gloves, and Six Flags Season Passes for the family). More fun, more playing, more spoiling. You know...Christmas! That was round two.
Round three was where Bryan and I got to open up our presents, which was also pretty fun I must say. At some point during the day I forced the kids to get dressed, but the playing continued throughout the day. Bryan's parents flew in that afternoon, and we all had a great Christmas dinner. It was a fantastic day, followed by an amazing week. But that's a post for a different day!
Christmas Morning. Honestly, just the best morning of the year. We have a rule at our house that there can be no lights on until 7:00. So sure enough, 7:00 hits and we hear footsteps up above (the boys room is right above ours). Then we can hear Ella's voice, and she has heard movement and spotted the boys light, so she has made her way down to wait with them. But there is not a peep from Ruby. Now last year, Ruby was not even a year old and she slept in until well after 8:00 - and we all had to wait. Well, Ruby hasn't slept in past 7:30 since then! But I am not kidding you...I had to wake her up out of a dead sleep at 8:30 again this year! Isn't she terrible?? I told the boys that she does it just to play a trick on them. :)
So FINALLY, we got to head down for the mass opening. We always draw names to see who gets to open their presents first, second, third, and fourth. That way they can all watch each other open all their presents. It works out great. They just open one present each "round," so it's not that hard to wait your turn. But Santa does have to make sure that they each get the same number of presents! The present opening was a grand event, and the kids were all thrilled with what they got. Spencer got the long awaited street hockey nets and sticks, a little electronic soccer game, a street surfing board, and 3 Rampage hockey tickets. Plus the obligatory stuffed animal (they all must get a stuffed animal from Santa each year, we learned the hard way one year when he forgot - or thought they were too old). Next Tyler got a basketball hoop that he was very surprised and happy about, along with a baseball game, a street surfer, bedroom hoop and ball, and 3 Spurs tickets. Ella was very happy about her new baby doll, jewelry making kit, books and coloring stuff, dress-up clothes, and 2 Nutcracker tickets. Ruby also loved her new doll, as well as a toy lawnmower, microphone, some new books, and a toy cupcake set. Then Santa really spoiled us and got our whole family tickets to see the Lion King, which was here in San Antonio for a month. Very, very exciting!! And that was the end of round one!
We then sat down and had our traditional Christmas Morning breakfast - pecan sticky buns and fresh squeezed orange juice. Mmmmmm...another highlight. After breakfast we went upstairs to open the presents from grandmas and grandpas. They all got some more really fun toys (a Barbie Karaoke set, Laser tag, Sit & Spin, Nerf guns, Barbie accessories, toy piano, marshmallow guns, inflatable boxing gloves, and Six Flags Season Passes for the family). More fun, more playing, more spoiling. You know...Christmas! That was round two.
Round three was where Bryan and I got to open up our presents, which was also pretty fun I must say. At some point during the day I forced the kids to get dressed, but the playing continued throughout the day. Bryan's parents flew in that afternoon, and we all had a great Christmas dinner. It was a fantastic day, followed by an amazing week. But that's a post for a different day!
2 comments:
Did you see the Lion King yet? Izzy and I went when it came to Tucson. It was Awesome! So fun! I love all the pictures you took. I completely dropped the ball on taking pictures this year.
Love it! The looks on their faces as they're opening gifts is priceless! Fun stuff. It is funny how similar our days were. Ruby is looking so old.....her hair is getting long! Can't wait for more pics!
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