We had a relaxing, fun Christmas morning at home! We kept with our tradition of making the kids sit at the top of the stairs and sing Christmas songs to wake us up, before they can come downstairs to see what "Santa" brought. =0) I think this is just a genius idea...we get to sleep in this way & don't have to worry about missing their expressions when they come down. And I love waking up to their sweet, excited voices singing Jingle Bells and whatever else they come up with! They think it is a fun tradition too!
Santa got off easy this year, because all three kids really wanted an XBOX or PS4...so that was an easy, big sigh of relief! They were all so excited and happy to get this & I love that it is something they all three like to play together.
The most exciting part of Christmas for Mackenzie was that she got her first phone...her very own iPhone! We finally gave in...which I still have mixed feelings about...but ultimately, I feel better knowing that she has a way to get ahold of us at all times. Her expressions were completely priceless when she opened that phone...she wasn't expecting it at all, so it was a very fun surprise for her!
Jonah was very excited and full of funny expressions as he opened his presents! He is definitely most excited about playing Minecraft on the XBOX & he was very happy about his Avengers lego set too! One of the sweetest gifts of the morning was Jonah's present for the new baby...he picked out these little hard plastic bracelets...orange if its a boy and pink if its a girl, because he thought they would be good teething rings. I thought it was such a thoughtful, sweet gift!
Madison got a little extra bonus from the tooth fairy because she lost a tooth the day before! She didn't get the guinea pig that she had so desperately been begging for, but I think she still loved all of her presents. One of the things on her Christmas list was a pair of crutches...she keeps us laughing...thanks to Amazon, I found a cheap pair of crutches for her! I just hope she doesn't actually ever NEED them! She also picked out the sweetest gift for Brian and me...she found a set of goose salt and pepper shakers, one with a blue ribbon and one with a pink ribbon. She wrapped the blue one up for Brian and the pink one up for me. I absolutely loved this gift & I will keep it forever! Brian also got me a very pretty necklace, and his gift from us was to go shopping for a new mountain bike.
As always, we loved having G-Ma at our house with us to watch the kids open presents on Christmas morning! Once the presents were all unwrapped, we made our traditional Christmas morning breakfast...chocolate chip pancakes, bacon, scrambled eggs & strawberries! Then we got ready & headed to Lake Eufaula for Christmas with the Baldwins.
It was a very Merry Christmas, indeed!
When Santa & the Tooth Fairy come on the same night, you get double the money, apparently!
Waiting (sort of) patiently for us to tell them they could come downstairs! It took a few minutes longer than normal, because I wasn't moving as fast I usually do. They were good sports about it though!
I love this picture!!
Yep, I think he was just a little excited about the xbox!!
We got Jonah some pop up soccer goals for the back yard.
Here is Mackenzie opening her phone! At first she just thought we put something else inside of an iPhone box, to throw her off. She didn't believe there was an actual phone for her in there!
This will always be one of my all time favorite Christmas morning pictures and memories of Mackenzie!
Madison was so excited to fake people out with her crutches, and make them think she broke her leg. This girl is funny!
Here are the baby's "teething rings"!
And the salt & pepper shakers! My favorite part about this gift was that she split it up and gave the boy to Brian and the girl to me. That's a pretty thrifty way to spend your money at the Christmas store too! =0)
One of Mackenzie's other gifts was a Kendra Scott necklace. I told her she should feel special, because I don't even have one of those!
All 3 of the kids got a bigger Lego set that they've been wanting!
She was very happy about this present!!
It took a while to figure out exactly how the Xbox worked.
Yummmm!!!
I love love love this picture!!
Shooting some hoops while we loaded up and got ready to leave.
Lookin' good in his new red/plaid hoodie from G-Ma & new shoes that match.
The girls were so excited about their written messages on the back of our dirty van windows! I'm always telling them not to write on the windows like this, because it just draws extra attention to how dirty our van is, but it was hard to get aggravated with them this time! =0)
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