We had set our alarms to wake us about 7:30. We figured we would get up before Lily to head her off from going into the living room. The last couple of days, she has been waking up about 8 and going straight in to play with her toys. Well, about 7:15, we heard her coming out, so Ryan jumped out of bed and asked her if she wanted to come get in bed with us. She readily agreed without asking at all about Christmas or Santa. We all fell back asleep until about 8; Ryan got up to take a quick shower and started our cinnamon rolls for breakfast while Lily and I watched Special Agent Oso on Disney. Finally, Lily said she was hungry and wanted to go see Daddy, so we got out of bed. As we walked past the living room, Lily caught sight of the gifts from Santa, so we went in to check them out. She was very excited about their new gifts!
Just then we heard Mia, so we went in to get her and say Merry Christmas. When we came back out, Lily noticed the stockings were filled. We went in to see what was stuffed inside. Lily could see the Belle doll sticking out the top of hers, so she was anxious to dig in. She loved the princess stickers, Little People Pixie and Snail, Hello Kitty toothbrush and Nim's Island movie that was there.
Mia enjoyed opening her stocking too. She received Goodnight Moon, a small animal book, Little People animals and a new Cedermont Kids DVD called Songs of America. They both liked reaching into the stocking to see what they could pull out.
After emptying the stockings, Mia was ready to play with one of her presents from Santa (fyi, Lily loved this same vacuum a couple of years ago...shhh!).
A few minutes later, the cinnamon rolls were ready, so we went to eat breakfast. Mia enjoyed her peaches and yogurt plus a few bites of cinnamon rolls, but the other three of us loved the rolls. Here's Mia in her special Christmas bib; isn't she adorable?
While we were eating Lily said "When we're done eating, let's go play with our new toys, okay?" I replied "Don't you won't to open more presents?" to which Lily said "Where are more presents?" She had not yet noticed all the wrapped gifts! We told her they were under the tree, so she leaned out of her chair to see them and then started saying "There are gifts under my tree! They are not under your tree, they are under my tree!" She ate one more bite and then said "I'm done. Let's go open gifts!" We told her we had to wait on Mommy and Mia to finish, but she could get down. She went in and played with her Santa gifts while we finished up.
It was so much fun for Ryan and me to see the girls opening their gifts and enjoying them. It makes us so happy to see them enjoying the gifts we have picked for them. Lily seemed to love each gift while Mia seemed to love the tissue paper that came with each of her gifts. To each her own I guess!
Lily loved her princess shoes and tiara set! There were 6 pairs of shoes, and she called each one of them her glass slippers. She insisted on wearing her glass slippers and a tiara until nap time.
It cracked me up to see her wearing the shoes and tiara!
Mia loved the Learning Puppy (another gift that Lily enjoyed a few years ago, so again...shhh).
Tearing the tissue was a favorite activity of Mia's. It made a lovely mess, but she was happy, so we let her go to town on it.
Her other favorite gift was this white box from Grandpops and Grandma Jan. We liked the beautiful charm inside, but she had a great time with the box!
Lily was so excited to open these rhyming word puzzle cards. She really loves rhyming words right now and puzzles are always a hit, so this was great.
Bama gave Mia a little baby doll that we named Mary (Mia's middle name). She loved it! She kept giving it these big hugs and smiling so big at it. Absolutely precious!
The last gift was the big surprise gift under the blanket that had come all the way from Birmingham. It's an art easel with drawing paper on one side and a chalkboard on the other. It also had this cute little smock. Lily couldn't wait to start drawing!
While Mia napped, Lily had fun with her new Color Wonders Finger Paints. I love Crayola's Color Wonders products. They are amazing. They only work on the special paper. Kids can finger paint or color with markers anywhere they want (walls, floors, etc.), but they don't show up! Lily loves them too!
Sitting with my Snow White princess.
Just before lunch time, my parents and Meme came by to see the girls and see how our Christmas was going. It's always fun to visit with them.
Lily had a great time playing her new Candy Land game with Ryan. It took her a few turns to get the hang of it, but then she figured it out and played great. She took turns, moved to the right spaces and was happy when either she or Ryan won. It was neat to see her learning how to do this.
Bama gave Mia a little baby doll that we named Mary (Mia's middle name). She loved it! She kept giving it these big hugs and smiling so big at it. Absolutely precious!
The last gift was the big surprise gift under the blanket that had come all the way from Birmingham. It's an art easel with drawing paper on one side and a chalkboard on the other. It also had this cute little smock. Lily couldn't wait to start drawing!
She actually started by tracing over the "Merry Christmas" writing. She is working on learning to write her letters, so this was fun for her. After she did that, she asked for more paper so she could draw on her own. Luckily the paper spins so there's plenty more to go.
While Mia napped, Lily had fun with her new Color Wonders Finger Paints. I love Crayola's Color Wonders products. They are amazing. They only work on the special paper. Kids can finger paint or color with markers anywhere they want (walls, floors, etc.), but they don't show up! Lily loves them too!
Sitting with my Snow White princess.
Just before lunch time, my parents and Meme came by to see the girls and see how our Christmas was going. It's always fun to visit with them.
Lily had a great time playing her new Candy Land game with Ryan. It took her a few turns to get the hang of it, but then she figured it out and played great. She took turns, moved to the right spaces and was happy when either she or Ryan won. It was neat to see her learning how to do this.
This was a wonderful Christmas morning filled with lots of love and fun!
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