Christmas Morning

We followed out usual tradition on Dan going downstairs first to make sure all the lights are on and everything's ready to go, then I came down the stairs with all the kids. Jonah immediately saw his new "Mater" car and stayed on it forever. We didn't even try to entice him with other presents to unwrap. This is all he wanted and it kept him happy for at least a little while. (The ironic thing is, a day or two later when we pulled out his sister's little "bike", which is the same, just pink and less buttons to push, he didn't want Mater, he only wanted the other one. Go figure.) He was adorable that morning though and will ride it when the other one isn't around. Megan opening presents in her stocking.

These are a little out of order, but I had to include this present. As Megan opened it, she said, "I wasn't expecting this" then set it aside and told us she didn't want it. It was a Backyardigans toy. Later that morning she told us that Jonah could have it because she didn't expect it and didn't want it. I guess that present from mom and dad didn't go off that well. At least she's honest.

Catherine opening presents from her stocking.

Like most 18 month olds, Jonah took forever opening presents that morning. I think he finished a couple of hours after everyone else. He would open one and insist on playing with it for a while and could not be enticed away from it. Unwrapping presents was not interesting to him, just playing with the ones he knew about. I think the next time we have a kid in this age range at Christmas we should take everything out of its box before it's wrapped up. That way they do not get as frustrated Christmas morning when they can't play with it right away.

Jonah with his new dump truck.

Unlike Jonah, Catherine and Megan were very interested in opening the next present. Some presents barely get looked at before rushing to the next one. It's a good thing mom and dad pace everyone or we wouldn't be able to see the kids as they open it. As a tradition, we pass out one present to everyone and everyone gets to open theirs and show it around. Then we do it again. Eventually we stagger some, because naturally everyone does not get the exact same amount of presents. It makes it nice to actually see what the kids get and the morning doesn't get lost in a bunch of flying paper and bows.

One of Megan's favorite toys is her big Tinkerbell doll Santa brought her. She really made out with the Tinkerbell toys. I still don't know how much Tinkerbell stuff she actually got and she loves it. I made her a Tinkerbell fleece blanket and a flannel nightgown. She got Tinkerbell dolls and pajamas, the movie and a coloring book. There's probably more, but not that I can think of right now. She was in heaven.

Catherine asked for an Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) dress for Christmas which she was so excited about when she unwrapped it, but still has not tried it on (about 1 1/2 weeks later). Now she claims she wanted an Barbie Mariposa dress up dress. I guess you can't please them all the time, especially when they change their mind.

That was our Christmas morning. Dan and I faired well also. Dan got some games, especially an x-box game that I won't leave alone. He's been trying to get me to play x-box for awhile and now that I have started he can't get me to leave it alone. Ok, I'm not that bad, but I could be. I'm so excited for my Adobe Photoshop so I can work on digital scrapbooking. Overall we had a great holiday with Christmas eve and Christmas day and everything else that built up to it.