Christmas Day Perfection

Christmas Day was so perfect!

The kids woke up at 7:00 (MUCH better than the 5:30 thing last year) and ran through the Christmas wrap blocking the doorway.

Grace immediately saw her rocking horse (because she had requested it not be wrapped). She was so excited!

Adam got a football from Santa.

And Josh got a monkey gym.

The kids opened their stockings next, and we all had fun playing with their toys. Adam was pretty disappointed about not getting a Wii. He was trying to be brave and polite, but he was having a hard time. We cleaned up all of the mess, and then noticed a little note from Santa on the shelf.

The note gave instructions to find a special gift that some of Santa's very special helpers had made. They had so much fun running from clue to clue on the treasure hunt, and figuring out where to go next.

Finally, the last clue was read.

(A video is supposed to be inserted here. A video that I can't get to work, even after 2 weeks of trying. And because I was taking a video, no pictures were taken).

Anyways...

They got a Wii!

Adam could NOT believe it! He screamed and screamed and is still saying, "I can't believe Santa got us a Wii! I can't believe it!"

We played with the Wii all morning, took naps snuggled on the couch together, and made a late breakfast/early lunch.

Around 4:30, we decided to open the rest of the gifts from the family (Grandma/Grandpa W., Grammy/Papa, Nano, and Great-Granny).

After opening gifts, we watched a Christmas movie while we ate dinner. Grace really wanted to eat roast beast (like the Grinch), so we ate roast beef sandwiches, chips, fruit, and veggies.

We finished the day by talking to family on the phone, and driving around looking at Christmas lights! It was such a perfect Christmas!

And it was made even better because Mike had the next 3 days off of work. He hasn't had the day-after Christmas off in years and it was so fun!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, too!