I have been Christmas shopping for what seems like the entire year and I suppose I must have forgotten about a few gifts because when I was wrapping them I couldn’t believe how many the kids had! On Christmas Eve Riley and Lincoln left cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for the reindeer. It was Riley’s idea so we went with it, but we’re not sure if, in the future, we’re going to do the whole “Santa thing”…we’ll see. The kids were up at 5:30, BOTH of them, so we came down bright and early. Riley walked down first and looked like a deer in headlights when she saw the tree. She couldn’t believe there were gifts for her under the tree. Then she started running around saying “Santa, Santa…where are you?”. Before we open gifts we read the Bible story of Jesus’ birth because we want the kids to know that Christmas is not about the gifts, but about the birth of our Savior!
We had so much fun opening gifts and so far all the gifts are still a big hit. Riley’s big gift was her doll house complete with accessories and Lincoln’s was a train table! After opening the presents we made a big breakfast, including homemade donuts that my Dad always made us as a kid…I LOVE them. Too bad I was too sick that morning to eat any, but the kids love them probably just as much as I do! After breakfast Ty spent a while putting toys together, getting batteries in toys and cleaning up after what looked like a tornado came through our place!
I also have to mention that both kids open 1 gift on Christmas Eve, it’s always jammies. This year Ri has been begging for “footies just like Lincoln” as she calls them. I do love winter for that reason–the kids get to wear footies because it gets pretty chilly!
The night before Christmas.
Riley was thrilled she had a present that was bigger than she was!
Mommy with her two “gifts”!
Riley’s huge doll house (I underestimated how big this really was–her and Lincoln crawl through the front door of it, if that gives you any sense of it’s size). Look closely and you can see two faces in the windows.
Ty putting together Lincoln’s train table.
Homemade donuts
Lincoln LOVES his ball pit!What were your kids’ favorite gifts this year? Now that we’re a week or so out what gifts are they still playing with??
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how is it that even w/ morning sickness you look so cute w/ your kids?? 🙂 I wanted to get Maeve that doll house (I think you sent me the link) but Ryan said it wouldn't fit anywhere 😦 Booo… but that's too funny they can crawl through the front door!!!
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