Christmas Day

Matt got stuck with the short end of the stick this year when it came to holidays. He ended up having to work Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Day. So we were bummed about that, but managed to make things work. Luckily he only had to work until 3 so the entire day wasn't gone. He was lucky enough to have a good friend offer to come in for him in the morning for an hour on Christmas while we did our gift opening. That still meant pretty early to get up. We had to wake the kids at 7 so that Matt could be to work by 8. (the magic isn't quite the same when you, the parent, have to wake up the kids to tell them Santa came) They were excited when they came into the living room and saw that Santa did come and that he did eat his cookies and milk. Parker was axious and dug right into his stocking. Paige was still waking up and not quite sure what was going on. Santa brought each of them a pillow pet (I know Paige got 2 ladybugs... what a coincidence!) Parker got a turtle one. They both got a disney book with stickers, a watercolor paint book, toothbrush, and treats. Paige also got a 6 pack of Barbie Princesses, some hair stuff, and socks. Parker got a Star Wars helmet, star wars figure and socks as well. Matt got me 2 new kitchen rugs that are gel pads and feel so good on my feet !! He also got me the Twilight movie Eclipse. I got Matt new hair clippers, socks, cologne, extension cord and the PS3 move system. Parker also got a lot of new clothes, a nerf sword, 15 in 1 game set, dart board & a movie. Paige got 3 or 4 new outfits, a new movie, hat and gloves, dora bounce ball and a dora couch. We all got new sweaters from Old Navy as well. Everyone was spoiled and got more than they needed. It was a great morning.

Matt went off to work, (with hesitation, he wanted to play with his new game) and the kids and I went to my mom's for breakfast/brunch. We had pancakes, sausage, bacon, hash browns, eggs, juice and milk. It was yummy. In the afternoon we went to Matt's Uncle Kendall's house and hung out for a while and had lunch. After Matt got off work he came out and then we went to his Dad's house and the kids once again opened some gifts. Big Brother got some clothes, star wars figures, zhuzhu pet,a bow and arrow, a big sticker book and a huge look and find book. Little Sister got new clothes, a puppy toy with clothes, a night light, another barbie and a color poster. I got money for my kindle and a tag blanket for the new baby. Matt got an affliction shirt. We had fun with his family and by the evening we were all ready to come home and go to bed...at least I was, the kids wanted to play with all their new stuff. We all had a very Merry Christmas and hope you did as well!!