We had such a magical Christmas with the kiddos. Brooklyn was so excited and it rubbed off on McKay which in turned rubbed off on me and Craig. We had a lot of fun, but it sure was a busy few days. Christmas Eve started with a trip to the gym, because who doesn't go to the gym on Christmas Eve. After we were all showered for the day we headed up to my parents house for Chinese food and movies. After McKay was up from his nap and the movies were over, we then headed over to Craig's parents house, luckily they only live about 5 minutes apart. We ate a yummy ham dinner with 2 of Craig's brothers and their families and his parents. After dinner we read through the nativity while the kids acted it out. Brooklyn was a lovely angel, McKay was a fantastic shepherd, and Craig was a wonderful Joseph, and I forgot to take pictures. We then headed home to get cookies set out for Santa and get the kids to bed. Craig helped out Santa by setting up McKay's race track, while I got a few things ready for Christmas breakfast. We went up to bed around 10:30 and Brooklyn poked her head out of her door asking if Santa had come and if it was time to open presents. Sadly we had to tell her that we hadn't even gone to bed yet. Luckily she went back to sleep easily, but both kids were up by 6:00 am the next morning.
We finally let the kids go downstairs at 7:00, once I had the Monkey bread in the oven. McKay just continued to feed off of Brooklyn's energy and they were so excited to see what Santa brought them. Brooklyn got a new backpack, a snow leopard, candy, stickers, coloring books. McKay got a race track and some cars, candy, stickers, coloring books.
We then opened the rest of our presents. McKay's favorite was his garbage truck, which he claims Santa gave him, but a close second was some new binkie's (which he now at least only uses at bedtime). Brooklyn really liked her new game, Operation. Mommy really liked the diamond necklace Daddy bought her and hopefully Daddy liked the BSU socks and movies Mommy got for him. After presents we ate our monkey bread and then got ready to head back up to Grandma and Grandpa's house for brunch. We ate a ton of yummy food and then the cousins all exchanged their gifts. Brooklyn walked away with a super soft pink blanket form her cousin Akirah and McKay got some Melissa and Doug building things from his cousin Mason. The kids also opened their gifts from Grandma and Grandpa. Our children now own tablets, still trying to decide how I feel about it, but they will be used only in the car when we go on long drives (for now at least). We then headed over to Nana and Pops house and let McKay lay down for a nap before we opened presents with them. After a short nap the kids opened their gifts. Brooklyn got a coloring set, Beauty and the Beast movies and a Belle dress (all of which a didn't get a picture of). McKay got a new balance bike, a helmet and the movie Planes. He was very stoked for his bike and we of course had to go outside right then to ride it. After presents we headed back to my parents house for a delicious prime rib Christmas dinner. Needless to say we ate really well for a few days, we were not hurting for calories, hence why we went to the gym Christmas Eve. It was a crazy busy Christmas but it was so good to spend it with so much family. I hope that we have taught and will continue to teach our children the true meaning of Christmas, our Savior, who lived and died for us and He is the real reason for the season.
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