The anticipation for Christmas this year was more than I had ever imagined possible. All day Christmas eve, Ty was counting down until Daddy got home so that it would be almost Christmas day. We had a great Christmas Eve dinner at some friends' house, set out our doughnuts for the big guy and even got the kids to bed at a decent time. Thankfully, Ty let us sleep until around 7:00 before he couldn't stand it anymore. WE read Luke 2 in our bed and then ended up waking up Kelsie...I guess she didn't remember that it was CHRISTMAS!!!
In Rigby style, we hung the sheet to keep any sneaky eyes from seeing stuff they weren't supposed to. Dal explained to Tyson that the youngest family member gets to go into the Living Room first. He insisted that Kelsie was not the youngest and that he should go in first. It wasn't until he realized nobody was going to get to go in unless it was done that way, that he gave in.
Kelsie was just SO excited about the treats in her stocking that she couldn't have cared less about anything else...that was until we started opening presents. Her stocking treats were soon forgotten in a flurry of wrapping paper!
Dal was the present master this year. For some reason he REALLY likes to do that...does it have something to do with when he was growing up...a power thing? I don't know. He did a great job. We did it one at a time so that it would last as long as possible...still wasn't that long. I am going to have to get used to this small Christmas thing.
Note to self...the kids liked the presents from the dollar store AS MUCH IF NOT MORE than the more expensive gifts. Dal tries to remind me this every year, but for some reason I feel like I am jipping them if all the presents come from the Dollar Tree. This is going to have to be continued a little later...gotta run and make the house look like I have done something productive before Dal gets home from work. To be continued...
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