We spent Christmas Eve at my step brother's house per the usual tradition. Santa generally is too busy to stay, so he drops a bag of toys off and runs on his merry way. The kids get a kick out of it.
Lately, when we do stuff in the evenings, the kids have a hard time sleeping through the night and that night was no exception. Ava woke up at 2:20 am, 3:30 am and 4:15 am and I was up for all of them and couldn't fall back asleep. I guess that is the usual for me. I really never slept on Christmas Eve as a kid. Finally around 5:40ish Noah woke up and we brought him into our bed. We went into Ava's room at 6 am to get her up and because she was up so much the night before, this is what she was like...
I told her at least 2 times that Santa had come, but she was too tired to register it. Finally she work up and was super excited.
We all came out into the Living Room together and they were so excited. Ava couldn't wait to open presents. She was really into opening them and Noah was more into playing with what he got. Ava would say "Oh, this is the best present ever" and "I always wanted that". It was cute. After about 5 gifts, Noah wasn't really interested in opening presents anymore, he just wanted to play. Here are some pictures of them opening gifts.
Our family picture
The family came over around 9 am for breakfast. I made it super simple, an eggbake, bacon in the oven, cinnamon rolls, muffins, fruit and of course mimosa's and coffee.
I also hosted dinner as well which was nice because we didn't have to travel anywhere this year. The kids were able to play with their new presents all day. They loved it as did I.
The overall favorite gift this year is the Thomas the Train sets that Noah got. It has taken over our Living Room.
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