Christmas Day was wonderful and magical! Joey woke up first, around 7:15, and got in bed with Tony and I. He asked for cereal and acted like it was a regular morning. I whispered, "Merry Christmas" to him and he gasped, popped up and said, "did santa come? did he bring presents?!" I told him to look out the window and he looked out and saw the fresh snow that had come in early that morning. "It's snowing! DAD! It's snowing!!!" He has been very confused as to why there hasn't been snow this Christmas season.
Peter started stirring so we got him up and all went to wake up Charlie. When we woke him up he kept saying he, "wanted to rest his head." We said "Merry Christmas!" and he sat straight up and was ready to go!
A Christmas miracle happened overnight: the boys' window had "broke" on Christmas Eve so daddy taped it up and moved their mattresses into the playroom. When we went downstairs for presents the boys had real letters from Santa, rolled up and tied with ribbon. He wrote that he had fixed their window and left their presents in their bedroom! We ran up the stairs and found a bunk bed and presents in their room!
The only thing Charlie wanted for Christmas was a "hide-out and pirate bed." Santa pulled it all together into a bunk bed that is great for playing hide out and pirates in! I also think he found a really great deal on it and had been saving it for several months. Just a guess.
After the bedroom excitement we came downstairs for stockings and the rest of the presents!
Peter eating R2D2
opening gifts from each other
The boys got a little money to shop for gifts for each other and for Tony and I. They picked out some pretty great gifts! Charlie got Joey a little toy truck, dad a BYU hat & me some fabulous headbands :)
Tony has good reason to be decked out in BYU gear! He was accepted into BYU's Executive MBA program for 2015! So proud of him!
More on that to come :)
Joey bought Charlie a toy dragon, dad a batman shirt and a new hair brush for me.
Each boy got a new game from Grandma & Papa G. They have loved having new games and are finally old enough to understand playing games & how to keep them nice.
Remote control monster truck for Charlie!
remote control digger for Joey
Peter's toy from Santa
Peter chasing after his new kitty cat from Grandma and Papa G.
We had pancakes for breakfast- snowman pancakes for the boys.
Our Star Wars guys even joined us for breakfast!
After presents, play and a nap for Peter, we drove to my parent's home for the afternoon. We love having Christmas Eve & morning in our own home, but it was really fun to spend Christmas afternoon with family!
opening new construction worker & firefighter costumes from Nana & Papa M
My mom got me my childhood dream gift this year! The Samantha Parkington American Girl Doll. Is it silly that I was so excited about this gift? I had all the books, cook book and activity set as a girl, but I never had the beloved doll. They stopped making Samantha (how do I know? Oh, I get the American girl doll catalog. It's free. No judging.) and this year she's back! Dreams do come true!
Sheriff woody with his Papa M
The boys built a snowman with Tony and their uncle Brian. We had such a great time with our extended family! I love living close enough to see our family members. They are such a joy in our lives!
We came home and the boys went to bed in their new big boy beds. It was a great Christmas day!
