The kids were up at 6:20am and ready for the good stuff!! Presents from Todd and me and our North Carolina family filled up the space under the tree nicely (thanks guys!!)
Right away they both wanted to open the gifts they had wrapped for each other first. They had each secretly bought the other a pair of horses and could not have been happier to see each others surprise :-)
We didn't take very many pictures of the actual opening of the gifts, but here are a few so Gramma and Uncle Tim's family can see the kids enjoying their new things
It took them just over an hour to open everything since these two really like to play as they go. But after it was all open we settled into a nice Christmas morning feeling of just being together.
Chloe set up her new Playmobil toys (the warthogs and deer family she so badly wanted were found in one lovely set called the Ranger's Post -- perfect.)
Evan got right to building his Star Wars Legos and learning his new Transformers.
I love how they tried out all of their things before settling in to a what-to-play-with-first decision.
By about noon, the pajamas we had all been hanging out it were looking pretty stretched out and gross so we got cleaned up a bit.
Meanwhile, Ruby made a nest in the paper pile. She LOVES Christmas (and birthdays).
Evan made his choice of what to wear for the day:
He told me the cape made him really fast. And he proved that by running back and forth and all around the house for about ten straight minutes before collapsing in a heap on the floor. I think that was a pretty good purchase :-)
We had bought each of the kids a really nice coloring book made by Dover -- the pictures are very realistic looking and each page is truly a work of art when you are done -- and they spent a good part of the day on the couch with me (I have my own book too). Chloe took her art very seriously.
After drawing, we had some cuddle time with a stack of books nearby. And airplanes. (They love the airplanes, Courtney and Cami). We let Chloe skip her nap even though she was pretty sleepy.
After some lasagna for late lunch/early dinner it seemed bedtime would never come. This was the longest day in history, to me at least, but in a good way.
Finally it was time to get into some soft new jammies from Gramma -- Chloe wasn't so sure she would like them until she saw those sparkly buttons that she can do by herself. Yes! And Evan was so proud to be wearing Optimus Prime -- oh my.
It was a really nice day. And also a really nice night ...... of sleep :-)
1 comment:
Great pictures!!! Thanks...hey, Todd, in that one pic w/your glasses on, you look JUST LIKE Grampa Nuber!!! It's EERIE!!
Post a Comment