Wow...another Christmas has come and gone. And each Christmas just seems to become crazier and more chaotic than the year before...in the best possible way. The Mayor was in our room promptly at 7:03 asking to go see if Santa came. He wasn't very happy when we told him he needed to wait while he woke his sister. Patience is definitely something we need to work on for 2014...for all of us!
We came downstairs to find a note from Santa!! Both kids made it on the nice list and Buddy our elf said goodbye until next year. I tried my hardest for the "take turns opening gifts" and it lasted 3 1/2 seconds. The Mayor really just wanted to tear into his presents...who am I to disappoint on Christmas? He was done opening his presents while Love Bug still had half of hers left to open. While he is tearing through and enjoying each gift, she is meticulously tearing open the presents making sure to put each piece of torn paper off to the side before she goes in for more. I love how different each of my children are...
After presents and breakfast, each toy was taken out of its packaging and played with. We put on some movies that were received as gifts and just enjoyed the morning and afternoon together.
Around 4:00 our family came over to celebrate. Meega, J, Bennett, Walker, PopPop and Uncle Bobby came over for dinner and round 2 of presents. Excited and loud doesn't even describe the environment. The kids were so excited just to be playing together and then to add more presents into the mix...it was awesome. We finally had dinner on the table a little after 5:45 (which Meega and I made all on our own...and it was so good!) and enjoyed the company and listening to the kids playing. Christmas is just so much more fun when you have young kids. Everything is exciting at this age.
Love Bug actually asked to be put to bed last night at 6:30. She was exhausted! Everyone left around 7:00 and D and I finished cleaning, got into our PJs and were asleep shortly after 9:00. It was a long, exciting, exhausting day and I can't believe it is already over. Thankfully we will have Christmas round 3 this weekend when we celebrate with MeMe, Big Daddy, Aunt Nat, Uncle Tom, Trey and Luke. Lots to get done before South Georgia Christmas starts!
putting out Santa's cookies on Christmas Eve
tracking Santa on the internet
the obligatory "waiting at the top of the stairs before seeing what Santa brought" picture...you can see how happy The Mayor is about this picture
love his sweet heart...thanking daddy for all his presents
she loves to dress up and sing...having a little concert
sweet Bennett...through all the chaos I didn't get a picture with the cousins :(
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