Christmas morning was great!! Devon didn't wake up too early. She managed to sleep in until 6:15am, yeah me. She walked right past the tree (which was in the loft this year) a couple of times without even noticing the new additions. Matthew slept in until 7:15am, which is late for him. But even though both kids were up, we still had to wait until Chris came home. So I cheated and put on PBS to distract Devon.
About 20 minutes later Devon heard the garage door opening and jumped up screaming, "Dad's home! Dad's Home!" Chris managed to come in and tell me a little about his evening before we went upstairs to see what was under the tree.
Now that the lights were on Devon saw the new pile of gifts under the tree and was very excited. Santa did good on his promise to bring a ball for Christmas, but Devon didn't expect it to be a big ball with a handle to hold on to while bouncing! She was very pleased. Little does she know it almost had to stay in the box. Last night when I went to put the Santa toys together I went hunting for our bicycle pump, but it was nowhere to be found. So I went to our neighbors house, but she didn't have one. So I went across the street and luckily he had a small one for basket balls. It took me over 10 minutes to pump the thing, and that was after 10 minutes of figuring out the attachment for the ball. Ahhhh, the joys of Santahood. Santa also got Devon a doctor's kit, and a Bearenstein Bears Video, along with some small toys in her stocking.
Matthew got a push toy so now he can, in theory, stop rearranging the kitchen chairs. Just a simple gift from Santa since he's so young. We got him a CD player for his room, a gripy ball, and some big plastic cars. We got Devon a veggie tales lunchbox, two new sweat shirts, a new Cars car, and a gripy ball like Matthew.
Chris got a new leather jacket a couple of months ago that he considered his Christmas present, but I still couldn't resist getting him a few things. The kids got him an iHome, to listen to his ipod at home. I got him The Dark Night and Iron Man as well as some traditional candy he always gets.
I got more than I should have since we were trying to stay on a budget, but has never been known to stick to gift limits. He's so generous! I got an awesome wireless printer that is also a scanner copier. Woo-hoo! No more dragging the lap top up stairs at night to print something! He also got me some movies; Saved, and season 1 & 2 of Dexter, my favorite show!! And I got the Tales of Beetle the Bard, the new J.K Rowling book, and Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire.
Tonight we will have a small version of a Christmas dinner. I just bought a ham steak instead of a big ham, because only me and Chris will eat it. And some potatoes for mashed potatoes, mac and cheese and frozen yeast rolls. Yep. It's going to be that simple. :) And hopefully Chris will be feeling a little better too. Poor guy has been sick for almost a week.
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