Fischer got up early, as usual. He wanted to go see if Santa had come, so I let him go look (but not touch!) at the stuff in the living room before forcing him to lay in our bed and watch a show. Luckily Santa wrapped his gifts so Fischer still didn't know what he was getting... he must have known that the kids wouldn't get up at the same time!
Addison got up a little bit later, and also wanted to see if Santa had come. They actually waited to open gifts until after breakfast. What can I say other than our kids love food more than they love presents. :)
First we did stockings. Lucy got her very first stocking too! Next we moved on to Santa's presents. I am a BIG believer in opening one thing at a time so I made sure we did that so I could see how the kids reacted!
Addison's "big thing" from Santa was a collection of dress up/princess dresses! We teamed up with Santa and got her some coordinating shoes and accessories. She also got a princess nightgown and the game "pop the pig" was to both kids from Santa. Also, a floor puzzle that's all about ballerinas, as well as a jewerly making kit that doesn't require string, which was from us.
Fischer's "big thing" was a set of all the guns from Toy Story. He has Woody's gun, Buzz's gun and 2 others... he also got a pair of Jake and the Neverland Pirates pajamas, which he loves.
A few other things they got were a big Play-doh candy factory toy. I realized the night before we didn't have the proper batteries for that so we ended up scrounging on Christmas morning and Scott was able to find what we needed. Fischer also got a Captain Hook set, that makes it look like you have different hooks as hands, which I think is pretty cool. You can remove several different attachements and add others. Super fun!
Oh, and the final thing from Santa was being hidden in the garage. They each got 2 new tricycles... we call them "monster trikes." They are made so they can easily be ridden off-road, which is much of our yard/land so it will work well for them! They actually didn't get these until after nap time - we "lured" them out into the garage and they saw them hidden under a tarp.
We finally finished up and then had some lunch. Later that day the kids actually napped! Merry Christmas to us! :)
Christmas is also Jim's birthday so we had htem over for dinner.They came a bit early so the kids could show off all of their new stuff. They've had so much fun playing with everything since Christmas, and they aren't already counting down to next year. They like the presents, as most kids do, but they also liked the trees, lights, parades, and all of the other fun stuff that comes during the Christmas holiday!
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