As a nurse I don't always get both Christmas Eve and Christmas day off, actually it's rare that I have. I think this magical moment has happened twice since starting at the hospital 7 glorious years ago and lucky for me this was the second year. In fact I had the whole week off before Christmas. Our plan was to spend Christmas Eve at home and then head to my parents house when we got up the next day.
The kids usually get to open one gift Christmas Eve, their "surprise pajamas", however this year we opted to surprise them a little more and allow them to open all of their gifts. We figured this way they had time to enjoy them and soak it in before heading to Grandma and Grandpa's the next day. Afterall they still had the joy of Santa coming and filling their stockings for something to look forward to Christmas morning.
When they found out they were going to open all their gifts early, they were pretty darn excited and although Barley had no idea what was going on, he was just excited to sit on the floor and snuggle.
Jammies were opened first. Lex asked for footie jammies this year and put them on promptly. Only the top 1/2 of Nojah's pajamas arrived before Christmas so we are thankful he opt out of the photo shoot.
I am not big AT ALL on electronic devices. In fact I think video games, TV, and Ipods rott kids brains and have led to our overwhelming problem with childhood obesity, and pure lack of work ethic, however I broke down this year and we bought the kids ipods for Christmas. They never expected it of course because I am "anti ipod" and "anti smartphone" and "anti-everything" (according to my children). Now I am wondering if our lives will ever be the same.
After the gifts were opened Lex and I frosted cookies and then set some out for Santa before bed. It was nice to home relaxing as a family, enjoying each others company, listening to Christmas music and playing games instead of worrying about how I was going to fit yet another holiday into my work schedule.
2 comments:
Both your Christmas decorations and cookies are adorable! So glad you were able to enjoy the holiday with family. We got lucky and Barry was too, they have a rotating schedule so he'll be working it this year for sure. By the way, I showed him your blog and we agree, Lex is your mini me. How fun! :)
Can't believe I didn't comment. I always think I have and then look back and think 'what? I didn't comment on this?'
Your Christmas looked peaceful. I love the camel cookies. I would make camel cookies too...if I were adept enough to make sugar cookies. They don't like me much. ;)
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