Highlights of Christmas morning

We thought it would be fun for the kids to sleep together on Christmas Eve.  Well, we were wrong.  They were so excited and about 10:00pm Lindsey got her second wind and would not settle down. At 10:30pm Taylor and Lauren were both crying because they just knew Santa was going to skip their house because they were still awake so late.  So I took Lindsey in my room and laid with her til 11:00pm when she finally fell asleep. At 11:30pm the other kids were still whispering away. So at midnight Santa could finally begin. And everyone was awake before 6am. So minus the lack of sleep, we had a very fun day.

Taylor loved his Lego table. We needed something smaller that would fit his room so this home made version was perfect.

I love sibling gifts- they get so excited to buy gifts for each other, but even more excited to give their gifts to each other.  It’s so fun to watch. My SIL gave me the brilliant idea to have the kids do chores and earn the money to buy the gifts.  My kids actually did not complain about washing the light switches and door frames. It was lovely. We gave them a price range and Taylor was $1 above his price range.  So he offered to do another job so that he could get the Hello Kitty toy that he really wanted to get Lauren.