We woke up to snow Christmas morning and it snowed all day. The kids were quite excited--Zane and Callum woke up at 4:45, but they were really good and just looked at the presents and dreamed of what they might be receiving from Santa. Hubby got up to get our traditional breakfast/brunch ready (Christmas omelets), and in doing so made a big crash as a glass dish fell and shattered on the kitchen floor.
Needless to say, we all were awake by the crashing of dish at 7:20 (so that really is late for Christmas morning for little ones). All of us went to wake our teenager who thinks sleeping is more important--"the presents aren't going anywhere!"
He finally rolled out of bed with the threat of being dragged out into the snow storm and we all settled down to watch "The Nativity" 3 minute movie by the LDS church. After watching about Christ's birth, we opened our Santa gifts and looked in our stockings. Hubby suggested that we take a break and eat our omelette's (since 2 of the children had been up for hours, and the kids all wanted to eat their candy from the stockings). Surprisingly, they all agreed to stop opening the gifts and eat breakfast. My husband makes a mean omelet--anyway you like it! Plus, this morning he decided to make biscuits and gravy to go with them. YUM, yum!!
With full tummies, we turned to the mountain of presents still under & around the tree. Emmalee (3) excitedly inquired, "We get to open ALL the presents?!" The children opened the gifts and helped our baby open his (not that he was a bit interested in any of them being only 1 1/2 mo. old). When there were only a few presents left, our special-needs 8 year old, Callum, asked, "Mom, are we going to get the Wii?"
That was one gift the whole family wanted. I told them again what we told them before Christmas: that the salesman at Circuit City told us there were no Wiis at their store, and we probably would not be able to find a Wii in town! (I didn't say yes or no, and by now the older children were pestering me to answer yes or no--not to dance around it.)
After truthfully answering their questions, (no, Dad did not buy the Wii; Mom & Dad are not giving you a Wii; etc), Dad found 1 more present from the grandparents (they give us $ to buy presents--so this year=Wii) and the kids were extremely excited about receiving the Wii.
To be continued--my baby needs to eat.
1 comment:
That was so cute-we get to open ALL the presents? Fun reading about your family! (Thanks-Dolly)
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