At about 4:45 JJ came in so excited he couldn't stand it. We of course told him to get in our bed and go back to sleep. We asked him to just wait until the girls woke up. He was a bit bummed but Jeron and I didn't dose off until 2:00am. Well, this wasn't really the best plan because about 15 minutes later the little ladies came waltzing in. Jeron and I had no power at this point. The Christmas magic was pulling us out of bed. And the kids knew they had this to look forward too.
Every Christmas morning we get up and read Luke II. This year we sang Joy to the World first, then read the scriptures, and talked about baby Jesus. Then I gave Elsie the last piece to put in the manger. She was so excited that she got to place baby Jesus in the manger. We lined the kids up from youngest to oldest and then it is time to enter the magical world that Santa has made during the night.
Each of the kids had a great time. It was fun to watch them open their presents.
JJ only had two presents from Santa but that didn't seem to matter at all.
As so as he opened his Kindle Fire that Santa brought you couldn't wipe the smile off of his face.
He later told me he almost cried he was so happy.
Elsie loved everything she opened but she had a bit of a hard time watching Ellie open her presents.
It just happened that Ellie opened everything first and so Elsie would say, "But I asked Santa for that." (spoiled much?)
She did settle down though and after realized that she got everything she wanted.
Ellie was thrilled with everything.
She was so excited to get her Barbie's and couldn't wait for it to all be out off the box.
I love how easy it is to make her happy.
Emma was the most excited this year.
She opened her first present from Santa and you would have thought it was a million dollars
When really it was just a Taylor Swift CD
She brought the house down though when she opened her American Girl doll "Emily"
We love how much joy the kids have on Christmas morning. We finished up around 6:30 so mommy headed back to bed for a little bit before we had to get ready for church. I will have to say this morning was a success. The kids were so excited. There is nothing better than squealing of little kids when they see Santa came.
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