Christmas morning the girls were in our room promptly at 7am. (We have a rule. That is the earliest they can come in) JR went downstairs to turn on the Christmas tree lights and Christmas music. He has all the kids gather at the top of the stairs before he invites them to come down.
Here are JR and E opening their stockings. Notice the clementine orange that is the toe of each of our stockings. All the girls wanted footy pj's this year. They love how warm and cozy they are.
This year the girls each got a DS game. R has been begging for this particular game and was thrilled to receive it.
S and Mom chilling as the presents are opened. We are comfy in our new Christmas pajamas too.
H with her panda pj's and panda mittens.
R with the monkey hat she has been wanting. She wanted it so bad she called the lady and ordered it herself.
We were able to have a relaxing morning. Then we went to church for a chance to remember our Heavenly Father and the great gift of his son Jesus Christ. Later, my brother, sister and their families came over for Christmas dinner. We had stuffed pork loin; spinach, pomegranate, orange salad; squash, apple bake; green bean casserole; rolls; cheese potatoes; homemade eggnog; peppermint ice cream; and the desserts from the night before there were so many left. Before everyone left we played Christmas Bingo. My favorite prize we added this year is that everyone had to hug JR when they won. This was hilarious since now that a lot of the cousins are 13-8, or tweens, they have become kind of awkward around adults. GB, who is 5, looked at them and said, "What is the big deal? I went and hugged JR without anyone chanting." We would chant the winners name until they were brave enough to go hug JR. GB didn't need any encouragement to hug JR. He took off running full force at JR. Even though the girls are too cool for us adults they still like a lot of the little kid prizes we had in the bowl instead of taking a more mature prizes. I love those crazies!
Needless to say, JR and I fell into bed exhausted at the end of the day, but we felt it was well worth it for all those smiles. Do you know what we did the next day? We had Christmas all boxed up and put away by 11am! (Thanks Uncle Rock for inspiring that tradition with JR)
3 comments:
It sounds like you had a perfect Christmas day Karen. And I'm so impressed that you got it all put away so quickly!
What a wonderful Christmas. We always had oranges in our stockings growing up. I actually forgot to do it this year!
That is the same hat Sarah is making for Maycee. Except instead of a flower it will have a pompom on top. R has great taste!
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