Morning came in a usual way...until I walked up the stairs and said, "Merry Christmas everyone!" Corinne said, "What do we do now?" Such sweet innocence and excitement all at the same time. We all hurried downstairs to Dad fixing pancakes for breakfast. No one dilly-dallied for that meal! Then it was time to open gifts...
There were more gifts under the tree when they woke up than when they had gone to bed the night before so there was even more excitement. Brent started handing out gifts and the paper started flying...in a somewhat orderly fashion. There were lots of surprises from the grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
The day slipped by rather quietly and calmly (unlike the previous day, thankfully) and Mom worked on dinner off and on all day. The kids played ALL DAY with their new toys. When we sat down to our turkey dinner, Dad asked Hannah what her favorite thing of the day was. She started laughing then said, "We're still in our pajamas! We don't have to change clothes when we go to bed tonight!" That made everyone laugh! (Note: kids were still in pj's; parents had managed to get dressed for the day:)
We spent some time remembering all God's blessings and talking about the GREATEST GIFT, JESUS. May the GREATEST GIFT be part of your celebration every day of every year!
Handing out gifts...
A Word Whammer - this looks like fun!
Walkie-talkies! And see H's new boots! She wore those all day also.
Dad got Mom some footed pj's!
End of the day...still playing with Polly Pocket...and still in pj's!
For those who care...the Christmas cactus bloomed Christmas morning with TWO blooms open!
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