Christmas Day

Christmas morning was pretty fun around our house! When I put Nathan to bed on Christmas Eve he told me he wouldn't come downstairs until 7:00. By the time I checked on him, he'd changed his mind to 6:30, ha! And then on Christmas morning, he and Samuel were downstairs at 6:15. He told me he changed his mind and wanted to come down earlier, ha!

The looked under the tree and didn't see any new presents, and Samuel started saying that Santa didn't come. But then they saw their stockings and decided that he did come. They were excited about their stockings.

Samuel was most excited about a new wallet and new underwear.

Nathan got a brickheadz he'd been asking for and some other fun things.

Elisabeth got new dolls for her dollhouse and some peppa pig perfume

Katherine thought everyone was crazy for being up so early.

After stockings we headed to open gifts under the tree. Nathan's big gift was the Millenium Falcon Lego set. His reaction was priceless. He was so very excited and grateful. His reaction was my favorite Christmas memory.

Elisabeth got a computer so she could play "work".

Katherine got some nesting blocks that we had with the other kids. They were so worn out from our other kids playing with them all the time that we had to trash them. I thought we needed a replacement set for our newest little girl.

Elisabeth also got a vanity play set and hair stylist costume and she got a school play set. She plays school all the time,  and always wants to be the teacher, ha!

Samuel's big gift was a Hot Wheels garage that he asked for. He also got a Lego airplane/dump truck set and an art kit.

I think he was most excited about the art kit. He's played with it a lot. He's my little artist for sure.

After we opened presents it was time to play!! Nathan couldn't wait to start on his Millenium Falcon.

And Samuel got busy drawing.

While they played, I made waffles and bacon for breakfast. It's our Christmas morning tradition.

We ate breakfast and then got back to playing for the rest of the morning.

Around noon, we headed to my parents' house to celebrate with them. The kids were ready to open more presents.

 They got some fun new things.

We spent the rest of the day eating lunch and playing with all their new toys. The kids were worn out by the end of the day. It was full of sweet memories.