Christmas Morning

Tuesday, December 25, 2012


Christmas morning began a little later than we thought.  Emily actually slept in until about 7:45!  We explained to her that the longer she slept, the more time Santa would have to bring her gifts.  We tried something new this year with the gifts too, partly because there were so many gifts that we just could not fit everything around the tree.  We did all the family gifts first.  Santa left all of his gifts for Emily in the living room under that tree and she did not notice right away.  So we opened the family gifts first. Unfortunately, about half way through the family gift opening, she realized that there were no gifts left that were large enough to be the princess castle she had been dreaming of getting.  She looked very sad, so we took her to show her that Santa had left his gifts in the living room.  Then we told her we would open then at the end once all the family gifts were opened.

Before we opened the family gifts, we let Emily open her stocking.  She loves opening her stocking.  She got 2 Doc McStuffins toys, a Brave game for her iPad, some Barbie shoes, a mini Belle tea set to use with her Barbies, new toothbrushes, a small box of jelly beans and a small bag of chocolate gold coins.  A very successful stocking!

She opened a few gifts and then we took a short break for Christmas breakfast - gingerbread french toast.  It was so yummy.  I am exercising self-control here by not posting a pic of it.
Among her many gifts, Emily received a holiday Lalaloopsy doll, Doc McStuffins playset, Ariel dress-up, Tiana dress-up, Merida dress-up, Merida's archery set, some new Aurora tennis shoes, 2 new outfits, and a set of Wall-E people.  I am sure there was more but that probably hits the highlights.
In addition to getting lots of great gifts, Emily also gave some really great gifts to others.  She picked out a sea horse, just liked her beloved sea horse, to give to Uncle Scott and Aunt Karen's baby-to-be "blueberry."  She also colored (and Daddy helped her wrap) a beautiful Christmas picture for me.  She also got Daddy a pair of new slippers as his old ones had a big hole in them!

 

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