Christmas Day

We had such a wonderful Christmas Day, and I hope your family did too!  The girls slept in our room on Christmas Eve, so we would know when they woke up.  This was honestly the one night in the past year that they chose to sleep in!  They both stayed asleep until about 7:45 which was awesome; they are typically up at 6:30!  When they came out, they were thrilled to see Santa had stuffed our stockings and left a few gifts by their tree.

 Examining their new toys.  Lily was excited to receive a Princess Anna costume, purple desk lamp and turquoise lap desk.  Mia was thrilled to receive an astronaut costume, talking Toothless and a Viking costume (both from How To Train Your Dragon).

 Showing off their new costumes.

 

 Ready to open their stockings.  Both girls received Tervis Tumblers which they loved and have been using nonstop.  They had a few other similar items too: Bandaids (Jake and Monsters Inc), owl coin purse, chocolate reindeer and stickers.  They had some unique items too: Lily had Lego Minifigures and Animal Sets, M&Ms, Rainbow Loom glitter bands, bookmarks, pen and journal.  Mia had Octonaut figures, VeggieTales CD, Despicable Me 2 DVD and Pez dispenser.

 After stockings, we all opened presents which was fun.  The girls each received 3 gifts.  Lily received the Lego Dolphin Cruiser, Mandala Designer and Goldieblox and the Spinning Machine.  Mia received a remote control car, Disney Junior Puzzle set and Hungry, Hungry Hippos.  Both girls also received a new book: Mercy Watson for Lily and Mr. Magee for Mia.

 Next up was opening gifts sent down by Grandpops and Grandma Jan.  They are always so generous, and we appreciate all they sent.  The girls were excited to receive lots of new American Girl items (several different types of clothes, a scooter for Mia and roller blade set and piano for Lily) and Legos.  Lily was also thrilled to receive a voice-activated password protected journal; she loves it.  Mia received some fun goodies as well that she is enjoying.

 

Ready to start putting together the Dolphin Cruiser; she has been dreaming of this for months.  It turned out really cute!

Daddy and Mia started putting together the Lego train set.

 Once all the presents were opened, we all relaxed, ate some homemade peach bread and the girls started playing with their new toys.  Though there was lots of excitement, it was pretty quiet and relaxing which was just nice.  After a little while, I completed getting food items ready for our get together with my family that afternoon and evening.

 

I always love this family time together at Mom and Dad's house.

 Lots of fun to open more presents!

 After opening gifts, we enjoyed a delicious meal: our traditional brunch which is simply awesome.  I look forward to this all year!  After eating, we enjoyed being with one another and Mom had fun reading The Day the Crayons Quit to 4 of her grandkids.

What a wonderful Christmas day!