Merry Christmas 2009
Christmas Eve the kids pretend to sleep under the tree and wait for Santa!
Our tree
A few extra surprises await out back for the kids!
Another Christmas has quickly come and gone.
Early on this holiday season, I pretty much knew what the kids wanted and what we wanted to get them. So the majority of our Christmas shopping was done by Thanksgiving. While that was nice, it made for a long month of anticipation on my part because I was so excited for them this year. They are both at fun ages and would be getting some big gifts so I could not wait to watch them on Christmas morning.
The day before Christmas Eve MomMom came in town to spend the week with us. We spent Christmas Eve with Aunt Julie and Angela and exchanged gifts with them. Then we did our traditional story telling time of the birth of Jesus, along with The Night Before Christmas. We finished by tracking Santa online and then put the kids to bed. We spent the next couple of hours putting toys together and wrapping presents.
Christmas morning, Madison woke up and was amazed to see that Santa had come and eaten the cookie that she had left for him. We all went together to Hudson's room so that she could wake him up and tell him to come see what Santa had left. They quickly saw a few unwrapped gifts to play with and then brought down every one's stockings. The kids were adorable opening their gifts. Hudson would open one and then want to stop and just play with that item, not wanting to open another. Madison tried to pace herself so that she would have the last couple to open. Hudson's favorite gift were his "choo choo shoes", and all his Thomas trains from Santa, and Madison's was her Lulu cuddle kitten from Uncle Bobby and Aunt Kimmy. Once all the presents were open under the tree, the kids played and we ate our traditional cinnamon buns. Then after a while, we gave Madison a card to read to us. It said how proud we were of both of them and how much we loved them and hoped they had a great Christmas. Then at the end it said, "Now go look outside". Madison looked confused, but quickly jumped to her feet and grabbed Hudson's hand. They opened the back door and were stunned to see their new ride on toys and playhouse.
They quickly became the new favorite toys of the year, and have been ridden everyday since!
We all had a fun Christmas and have been enjoying having the kids out of school. Spending time together and having nowhere to rush around to has been the greatest!
Below is a sideshow of all our holiday pics. Enjoy...we sure did!
Merry Christmas!
The day before Christmas Eve MomMom came in town to spend the week with us. We spent Christmas Eve with Aunt Julie and Angela and exchanged gifts with them. Then we did our traditional story telling time of the birth of Jesus, along with The Night Before Christmas. We finished by tracking Santa online and then put the kids to bed. We spent the next couple of hours putting toys together and wrapping presents.
Christmas morning, Madison woke up and was amazed to see that Santa had come and eaten the cookie that she had left for him. We all went together to Hudson's room so that she could wake him up and tell him to come see what Santa had left. They quickly saw a few unwrapped gifts to play with and then brought down every one's stockings. The kids were adorable opening their gifts. Hudson would open one and then want to stop and just play with that item, not wanting to open another. Madison tried to pace herself so that she would have the last couple to open. Hudson's favorite gift were his "choo choo shoes", and all his Thomas trains from Santa, and Madison's was her Lulu cuddle kitten from Uncle Bobby and Aunt Kimmy. Once all the presents were open under the tree, the kids played and we ate our traditional cinnamon buns. Then after a while, we gave Madison a card to read to us. It said how proud we were of both of them and how much we loved them and hoped they had a great Christmas. Then at the end it said, "Now go look outside". Madison looked confused, but quickly jumped to her feet and grabbed Hudson's hand. They opened the back door and were stunned to see their new ride on toys and playhouse.
They quickly became the new favorite toys of the year, and have been ridden everyday since!
We all had a fun Christmas and have been enjoying having the kids out of school. Spending time together and having nowhere to rush around to has been the greatest!
Below is a sideshow of all our holiday pics. Enjoy...we sure did!
Merry Christmas!
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