Christmas Morning

The girls were pretty excited about sleeping in their sleeping bags on our bedroom floor on Christmas Eve.  They feel asleep easily that evening.  At one point, we heard Mia, so we checked on her, and she looked so confused and disoriented.  We hugged on her, and she immediately laid back down and went back to sleep.  At about 1:45 in the morning though, I heard her jump up, run into the bathroom and then she just looked around; again, she seemed so confused.  I called out to her and motioned for her to climb into our bed.  She gladly joined me.  Around 3:45, Ryan had enough of her rolling around and stretching out, so he headed out to finish the night in Mia's bed.  Lily got up at one point to use the bathroom, but then she thankfully laid back down in her sleeping bag and went back to sleep.  At 7:15, Lily woke up and asked me if it was okay to wake up for the morning.  I told her we would wait a few minutes for Mia to wake up; she must have heard her name because she promptly woke up then.  The girls were so excited, so we went into Mia's room to wake Ryan up.  After just a couple of minutes, we headed out to start the fun.

 

The girls seemed very happy with their gifts from Santa.  They were thrilled with their new Dream Lites, and they liked their books (though Mia did say "I wanted a TOY thing-a-ma-jigger; not a book!").  They liked the new table and chairs too.  Even though we moved it into their playroom later in the day, the chairs have been removed ever since as they have taken them to their rooms to build forts.

 After enjoying Santa's gifts for a few minutes, we moved on to stockings.  Mia was super excited about her new Cars toothbrush!

 Lily was determined to get every single item out of her stocking.

 The girls really enjoyed their stockings this year.  They each received toothbrushes, boo-boo buddy ice pack, Candyland band aides, Rapunzel hairbrush, new socks, 2 packs of crayons (Glitterati and Bejeweled for Lily; Superhero and Pirate Treasure for Mia), pack of M&Ms, hair rubber bands, Scotch tape (seriously, a big hit!) and a gift card that each calls a credit card.  Lily's is to Stevie B's pizza and Mia's is to Sub Zero ice cream shop.

 After we all emptied our stockings, the girls opened their books from Great-Grandpa and Lois.  We read them later in the day, and both books are super-cute.  Lily received "A Call for a New Alphabet" while Mia received "Lots of Dots."

 After those gifts, the girls opened their gifts from Ryan and me which was lots of fun to watch.  They got so excited about each gift.

 So I can remember in the future, Lily received a harmonica, I Spy leappad game, Barbie's Princess and the Pop Star DVD, a Rapunzel wedding figure set and a Crayola Digitools set to use with our iPads.  Mia received an Olivia leappad game, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse book with movie camera, League of Incredible Vegetables Veggitales DVD, lacing cards and Jake and the Neverland Pirates figures.  Once the girls opened those gifts, Ryan and I opened our gifts.  Then we gave Lily one last "big" present: a keyboard that connects to our iPad to teach her how to play piano.  We asked Mia to get her "big" present too.  She was checking out the last two but realized neither had her name on them.  She seemed a little confused as she checked the tags again and again.

 As she checked the tags, Ryan brought out her big gift: a new bike!  Mia was beyond excited about this.  She had actually just a day or two before seen a commercial for this particular bike, and immediately got excited about it; obviously, she didn't know then we already had it for her!  She loves that it is blue and has Cinderella on it.  She can't wait to get outside and ride!

It was a wonderfully fun morning for all of us as we celebrated Jesus' birthday.  The girls had a great time all morning playing with their new gifts.  We just had fun together.  6 and 4 are great ages for "the magic" of Christmas!