We had a wonderful Christmas Eve. We went to the movies with my parents and sister (the second Chipmunk movie) and then we all went back to our house for Christmas Eve dinner. Since my parents and Leigh Ann had ham for Thanksgiving, we had turkey for Christmas. It was soooo yummy and we have loved having leftovers at our house!
After they left the kids began begging us to let them open their Christmas pjs. We kept holding them off and holding them off, until about 6:30 and then we let them go nuts. They had fun and everyone's pjs fit (except Courtney's are a bit long). We spread reindeer food on the front and back lawn and then set out pie for Santa because we were too tired to make cookies. Bryan and I then spent the next few hours trying to keep the kids in their beds. All day we had been checking Norad to follow Santa's path and this got them so anxious. But they finally fell asleep.
Christmas morning Ethan came to in to tell us that Santa had come and that we needed to get up. I had told him the night before that he couldn't get up until 7 a.m. but it was 6:30 and he just couldn't wait. So we got up. They got to play with their Santa gift (Ethan got a skateboard and Courtney got a Baby Alive which Santa didn't investigate well enough because it not only pees, but it poops too....gross!) and check out what they got in their stocking while Bryan and I made breakfast. Ethan got some books in his stocking and took them into his room to read while breakfast was cooking.
We then ate and began opening our gifts. It wasn't too long after we started that my parents and sister showed up. We finished opening all our gifts and the fun playing began. Our living room looked like a tornado had hit it, but the kids were having a blast. Bryan got toys to go with his bike and an air compressor from his parents, among other things. I got a bunch of pedicure things (yeah!!) and a cool blender-thing that has been working non stop making smoothies, ice cream and orange julius ever since! It's been great.
My parents and sister left (she had to go back to Phoenix to her husband on Christmas Day) and we went on our traditional Christmas Day Hike! We don't have to go very far from our house to find cool hiking spots. We decided to go on a hike through the lava flows about a mile from our house. It was so much fun and the kids loved exploring around.
We just spent the rest of the day playing with our toys and relaxing. It was a good Christmas!
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