Everything was ready for Christmas morning close to midnight on Christmas Eve. All the stockings were stuffed. Side note - This view is one of my favorites every single year.
The tree was filled with lots of beautiful presents just waiting to be unwrapped.
There were some pretty fun gifts ready to welcome the girls that morning. There were some joint gifts: a towel warmer for their bathroom, a Lego set for all of us to do, and a packet with tickets to &Juliet. They each were receiving some packing cubes, a playbill binder, and a record. Both girls each had a fun gift card tree set up for them.
I didn't take many pictures that morning, but I wanted a few. The girls really liked the presents they purchased for each other. Lily surprised Mia with a gift card so they go to Build A Bear together, and Mia gave Lily a cool Wicked Lego set.
Not gonna' lie, it's always fun to receive a little blue box! A gorgeous silver bracelet from Ryan was inside.
I think the best gift may have been from Lily to Ryan. She had written her college application essay about the importance of their traditional Saturday morning Chick-fil-a runs, and it truly was a fantastic essay (no wonder she got accepted to all five universities she applied to!). I loved that she framed a printed copy of the essay and included some fun CFA memorabilia, like a copy of their receipt. This is such a special gift!
Decker seemed to be pretty happy that he received a new stuffed squirrel toy and chew sticks inside his stocking. We can't leave him out of the Christmas fun!
I had one last surprise gift to give. It was originally intended to Ryan but then it kinda turned in to a whole family gift. I bought a Cameo from Daryll Tofa who played Dallas Winston in The Outsiders for the performance we saw while in NYC. He addressed to Ryan, thanked us for coming, and wished us a Merry Christmas. I had mentioned in my request to him that we were already trying to figure out when we could get back to NYC to see the show again, so in the video he said to let him know if we made it back and he'd see about getting us backstage! How incredible would that be?! We'll see if it actually happens or not, but it's fun to imagine.
We had already eaten our traditional cinnamon rolls for breakfast, so we sat down to put together the fun Lego set together. It had four different packs in it, and I bought it specifically for the Beauty & the Beast set which Ryan put together (after all, he was Cogsworth on our Disney Paris day). Lily put together Finding Nemo, Mia put together Moana, and I put together Pocahontas. It was a fun little activity to do together.
When it was all said and done, We kept the Cogsworth and Dude Crush figures in honor of our adventure to Disneyland Paris.
We were all getting a little hungry, so then we made the most wonderful lunch. Ryan grilled up some Wagyu steaks, we had a few side dishes, and some sparkling juice. It was absolutely delicious.
It was a peaceful and joyful day which really is how Christmas should be.
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