Santa Claus had to move the Christmas tree again this year when he delivered presents. It just makes the Christmas day so much more festive when the tree is in the room that you are opening presents in. The kids were amazed at the sight they saw bright and early. Jeremy and I didn't get to bed until almost one. Tristan woke up right after that. Cedric was up at three and got Liam up. I had to pee at four and they kept me up. I was so dang tired. At 4:45 I told them they could go get Dad and Cullen and Asher. They were all so excited but, we didn't know what to do about Eden. She was actually sleeping and we know that she is a giant grump when she gets woken up. But, we finally did it and just took things slow with her. She did great!
I took more video than pictures this year and if they video turned out anything like the pictures then oh my! I was like the drunken, delusional photographer or something! lol! I was so groggy that everything is out of focus or the flash wasn't on or whatever. Oh well.
Eden got a doll house and LOVES it!!! Thank goodness! I LOVE it too!
Each year we decide on a specific number of presents to give the kids. They like to count how many they have and they younger ones don't realize the value of the money yet so number of presents works out good for us. So, this year we wanted to make Christmas more about the SPIRIT of Christmas rather than the GIFTS of Christmas. Each kid got the smallest amount of gifts we have ever given and I think it ended up being the BEST year yet! They got the things they REALLY wanted or needed and not a lot of "filler" presents (well except for stocking which I was also proud of this year but, didn't get pictures of, dang it.) Anyway, I always remember Christmas morning getting a crap ton of presents from Santa Claus and it was magical for me.
The whole month before Christmas Cullen had three things on his list:
Train track
Iron Man
Robot Dog
And Santa came through with that and a little more!! He also got a tablet because he is always stealing our phones to play games on, the little stinker. He was so cute and giddy!
Eden wouldn't pose with all her gifts or even stand there with the ones I could get stacked. Every time I started to stack them up, she got mad and took them away, lol! So, this is not all of them.
Liam is such a clown! I never get a serious face or smile out of him but, I don't mind! He was really excited the whole morning too and I think Santa really surprised him on a few things!! Score one for Santa!! Liam had asked for a Nintendo DS and he got it too!
Tristan had asked for a tablet and that was it. He got that and some other things he didn't know about. He was especially thrilled with the headphones he got so he can do some online gaming better and easier!
Asher was overjoyed with all his loot as well! He got a new PSP and was especially stoked for the new Beyblades!!
Cedric got a new tablet as well and another highlight was his Dr. Who Sonic Screwdrivers!! I love that he loves Dr. Who!
After present opening, I put the Christmas casserole that I made the night before in the oven and let that cook....It has to cook for nearly two hours so that early in the morning is a great time to put it on! lol! It is a tradition now and hopefully for years to come. We all settled in with our new stuff to veg and eat and play.
The night before Jeremy and I had exchanged gifts and he did great again as usual. I just did okay for him as usual, lol! One of the things he got me was a new lens for my camera (a portrait one) and a bunch of new toys for my camera that I will have to play around with! And a Kindle Fire HD that I think Jeremy will keep for himself because I don't like it. You just can't do the same things on a Kindle that you can do on a tablet and that is what I want, a tablet.
Eden played and played and played with her new dollhouse. I have to admit, it is flipping awesome. I played with her for while too!
Liam has been playing nonstop Pokemon ever since!!
Cullen and his Iron Man toy!
Eden was the first one to pass out!
The boys were pretty much in computer induced bliss the rest of the day!
Cullen liked the dollhouse too.
Liam and Asher playing really good together with their new Pokemon cards. I took a video of it too. I will have to post some of the videos because I'm sure they are great!
We had such a good Christmas this year! I am so thankful for my wonderful family. Christmas was on a Wednesday and Jeremy decided to stay home the next day too so we could all continue our time together. It was awesome.
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