As usual I can't believe Christmas has already come and gone. For me it the excitment and anticipation was more than just Christmas. My sweet sister surprised me a few weeks earlier with an announcement that she was coming to visit for Christmas, so I looked forward to Amber and her boyfriend Norm flying in on Christmas Day. We decided to spread Christmas out and have Santa come a day later which was really fun.
Being our first Christmas in Washington Santa went a little "crazy" (because he knew I didn't have to worry about traveling and taking gifts back on a plane, not to mentions he found some screamin deals at "Savers." I was almost embarrassed at the amount of toys that had accumulated over the past several months. It was fun nonetheless to see the excitement in their faces and the screams of "presents, presents".
I have to admit I learned a lot about myself through watching my kids. I read several posts from friends and realized I need to spend more time teaching the Real meaning of Christmas with my kids and less time on worrying about the gifts that would be under the tree.
(I actually got the idea from my friend Erin who Post-poned Christmas since her husband was working on Christmas day one year.) My kids are little and don't know the difference and we figured it would be more fun to have Santa visit and to have the girls open their gifts while Aunt Amber was here, and it really was.
We did open a few gifts from our Grandma & Grandpa Payne on Christmas morning. The girls were in love with their new clothes and dolls and honestly I think we could've called it good with just those few things they were so happy.
We did open a few gifts from our Grandma & Grandpa Payne on Christmas morning. The girls were in love with their new clothes and dolls and honestly I think we could've called it good with just those few things they were so happy.
"Yahoo," I think She likes the jewelry box
Being our first Christmas in Washington Santa went a little "crazy" (because he knew I didn't have to worry about traveling and taking gifts back on a plane, not to mentions he found some screamin deals at "Savers." I was almost embarrassed at the amount of toys that had accumulated over the past several months. It was fun nonetheless to see the excitement in their faces and the screams of "presents, presents".
YO-YO Competition
Never enough Dolls
I have to admit I learned a lot about myself through watching my kids. I read several posts from friends and realized I need to spend more time teaching the Real meaning of Christmas with my kids and less time on worrying about the gifts that would be under the tree.
1 comment:
Ohhh that's so fun that Amber was there with you for Christmas!
It looks like Santa treated you well, the girls must have been very good this year ;)
Have a Happy New Year!!!
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