Christmas Day 2008

Better late than never!

The kids putting out the reindeer food before they went off to bed!

So much time has past that unfortunately I can't remember all the glorious details of the day, but the pictures pretty much sum it all up. We had a WONDERFUL Christmas!

Because Christmas this year was much more simple than in years past I seemed to be more on the ball. Go figure. So almost all of the presents were wrapped before Christmas Eve. Even though Justin and I didn't get to continue our tradition of wrapping while watching A Christmas Story, we did enjoy a very nice, quiet, wrappingless night.

Our kids were told that they were not to wake us up until 7 am. That if they woke up earlier than that, they had to stay in their beds. And if they all were up earlier than that, then they could stay together in their rooms with the door shut. It worked, we slept, and they were quiet. But when 7 am hit they were all over us! ( I was already awake laying there waiting for the excitement too!)

We always go through the stockings first!

We stake our spots in the living room and the kids pass out all the gifts and put them in piles. Look at the smile on Sadie's face!!

(picture is blurry because some sweet little kiddos were playing with my settings and I didn't realize it.)

Santa brought more webkinz!

Merry Christmas Sunshine!

Justin helping Sadie with the Pixos. What a mess those things are!

Avery holding her microphone. She was dancing and singing the whole day with that in hand.

Owen giving Quin rides on the flying turtle. That thing is fun. I even spent some time on it while I was on the phone with my sister Sherry that day. It was great because I could ride around and pick things up that were scattered all over the floor.

Sue-Sue (my mom) got our family a Wii. My kids felt so deprived that they didn't have one, but we have just about every other gaming box, we didn't feel that bad for them. But I guess my mom did. SUCKER!! It was a huge surprise for all of us. She should not have done that, but we sure do love playing it!

Sadie received her first American Girl Doll. The only reason I did this is because she read the whole Samantha series. So I thought it would be fun for her to get the doll. So now she is working on the Molly series, and if she finishes it she may just get the Molly doll next Christmas! Avery did not get an American Girl Doll because she hasn't read any of the books, but maybe next Christmas she will get a series to read! Traditions Traditions Traditions!!

Gotta love that flying turtle!

Justin will kill me for this one. But doesn't he look like the cutest little Christmas angel!!

Christmas really was a great day! Most of us continued our tradition of staying in our jammies all day. That is, those of us that didn't get a new outfit that we were dying to wear. I did take a shower, and put clean jammies right back on. We watched movies, ate lots and lots of food, we played games, and hung out with our family. It was exactly how I like it. No fuss, traditions, and not one single responsibility (well you know what I mean.)!