December 23rd, our morning began like every other morning, with the kiddos bounding into our bedroom ready for snuggles. However, this morning we had a surprise! SANTA CAME EARLY to our house! After hearing the news Annie and Nathan raced out to the living room to find their stockings full and overflowing of gifts from Saint Nick! They packed all the stockings back to our room and there we all sat , cuddled on the bed together, opening our gifts. Neither kiddo questioned why we were opening our stockings early (why ruin a good thing right?)…they must have assumed that since we were leaving for Grandma and Grandpa’s house that evening and wouldn’t be back till after Christmas, Santa must’ve just known he had to get the stockings filled a few days early. And that was indeed the reason he came early this year.
All I know is, among other things (like a Starbucks gift card and awesome fuzzy socks), I was thrilled to find a note in my stocking explaining that Ammon and I get to have a date night/day where Grandma and Grandpa are taking the kiddos. How Santa arranged that with the Grandparents I am not sure…I just wish that kind of service was available year round!
Santa must’ve known Ammon had been good this year…he received 3 Blu Ray DVD’s in his stocking! Terminator1 and 3 along with Kingdom of Heaven!
Annie and Nathan received jump ropes, candy, mechanical pencils, comic books and Target gift coins!
So after we lounged around for a little longer Ammon had to head off to work…his last day of work for the rest of the year! We had to wait patiently to open the rest of our gifts to and from each other!
The kids were looking for Ammon from the windows mid-way through the afternoon. At 4:15pm Ammon came screaming into the driveway…threw the car into its place in the garage and ran inside to finish opening the rest of our gifts together. Well…that is exaggerating a little bit. But boy were the kids ready!
This year Annie’s gifts included: 2 Webkinz from Nathan, a microscope for our budding scientist and Snow White on Blu Ray.
Nathan received: From Annie, a Captain Rex Clone Trooper Helmet. Mommy and Daddy gave him a Galactic Heroes Millennium Falcon and the Clone Wars Season One DVD set. And YES, if you look at the picture below closely Captain “Rex” is shooting Mommy with his blaster.
Mommy received a wonderful red bathrobe and socks from Annie and Nathan. Annie and Nathan felt Daddy deserved something really special this year so they got him a Nintendo DSi! He was pleased!
I have to say…it was quite a whirlwind! After opening our gifts we packed up the van and headed south for more Christmas with the Farris/Hume families this year.
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