Our Christmas

We had a fun, low-key Christmas at home, and it was wonderful.  It started the night before with the us setting out their gifts as soon as they went to sleep.  Before you start feeling bad for my kids and their meager stashes, please refer to my Christmas Eve post and all the gifts they got from grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.  We follow pretty strict gift giving guidelines when it comes to our kiddos' Christmas gifts from us, and this year was no exception.

Once they woke up, we all piled in our bed.  The Hubs read Luke 2, and B hung the final ornament on our Jesse Tree.  Then it was time to check out what Santa had left.  Of course, the first thing B picked up and celebrated was the Angry Birds underwear!  I love this kid.

When we put the kids to bed the night before, we made sure to explain to them that we wanted them to come straight to our bedroom when they woke up in the morning and NOT to go into the living room until we went with them because we didn't want to miss seeing them get their gifts.  However, C came into our room straight from the living room excitedly telling us that Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus were in the stable.  She had completely ignored the gifts set out on the sofa to search for the Savior.  This will remain the highlight of my Christmas this year!  I managed to snap this picture of her gazing into the stable--one of the many times she visited it and "rocked" the Baby Jesus.  Precious!

Then it was time for the kids to open their gifts from each other, Aunt H, Grandma and Grandpa.

We spent the rest of the day in our pj's lunching on left overs, playing games, and relaxing.  The Hubs left late in the evening headed to Arkansas for a duck hunting trip with the friends, and the kids and I headed to Pop and JuJu's to spend the night.

Merry Christmas!