The thing that I am learning more and more is that Christmas is really for kids. As much as I love the holiday on my own, for myself, after you have kids a whole new side of Christmas suddenly opens up and everything is so much more fun and exciting than it used to be. Christmas with kids is simply the best!
(Now, the one exception to all this added joy and fun is trying to get your 4 year old to go to sleep on Christmas Eve. Audrey was so excited and none of the usual tricks worked. It made for a very late night for all of us.)
But despite some slight sleep deprivation, Christmas morning was so much fun. Audrey was excited to see that Santa had eaten the cookies and drunk the milk. And right away she was looking under the tree, in search for which presents were hers.
She got a few little gifts from Santa and Grammy, her main gift was new outfits and accessories for her Barbie dolls. She was really excited and proceeded to play all day long trying on all of her new stuff on her dolls. (It was quite the validation to see her love them so much!)
Luke was excited but wasn't really into sitting still long enough to check out his stuff. He ran around and around excitedly. But, then, when we helped him open his main gift - a car track/ramp - that slowed him right down and he wanted to be dad's assistant and help to assemble it.
I love these pictures: Adam looking at the instructions and Luke trying to figure out where each ramp connector goes.
(You just might be on to something, Luke...)
Luke was excited to start playing with it and had a blast when it was finished. (More validation for mom and dad for choosing wisely!)
It was a fabulous day! Can't wait til next year!
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