Christmas with five young children (Lexi, Zachary, Ben, Cassie and Sophie) is the most chaotic fun you could imagine. This year some minor illnesses led to slightly more chaos than normal, but it definitely didn't stop the fun. We celebrated Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with my parents as always. On Eve, we spent the day preparing for the big party, playing with cousins, and eating way to much (this would quickly become a theme). On Eve day, Cassie, Zachary, and ultimately Benjamin were all a bit under the weather, but boy did those kids rally! The party was fantastic as always, and everyone was thrilled with the visit from Santa. Sophie continues to be the only one of the 5 kids who is perfectly happy to go right up to Santa. Zachary was brave enough to take his gift from the big guy, but the others stayed far away. Maybe they won't be afraid of him when they're 20. It was a late night, and the kids were very happy to snuggle into bed and dream about all the gifts Santa would deliver.
Santa always delivers toys to Gigi and Poppy's house so that all the cousins can open their stockings and gifts together. However, it is not unusual for him to deliver an exciting gift right to the kids' bedrooms for them to see as soon as they wake up. This year Lexi called me in to her room bright and early to show me the huge surprise he left in her room. She was *very* excited about her new bike. Moments later we heard Zach calling us, and he was pretty happy to see what was left in his room as well. After a quick ride around the bedrooms, we packed into the car with jammies still on to head over to Gigi and Poppy's for morning gift opening. It was a very happy morning.
After a nice noon-time breakfast, we all took showers and changed into our Christmas day finery. The kids had matching sweaters from Gigi and Poppy that they all looked adorable in. In the afternoon we had a wonderful dinner with Aunt DJ and Uncle Jack, Uncle Jay and Great Gram, followed by another fun round of gift opening and dessert. We all had a wonderful time.
We had a wonderful Christmas with our family. It certainly is the most wonderful time of the year. That evening we all went off to bed early so that we could get up at the crack of dawn and do it all over again in Rhode Island...
Santa always delivers toys to Gigi and Poppy's house so that all the cousins can open their stockings and gifts together. However, it is not unusual for him to deliver an exciting gift right to the kids' bedrooms for them to see as soon as they wake up. This year Lexi called me in to her room bright and early to show me the huge surprise he left in her room. She was *very* excited about her new bike. Moments later we heard Zach calling us, and he was pretty happy to see what was left in his room as well. After a quick ride around the bedrooms, we packed into the car with jammies still on to head over to Gigi and Poppy's for morning gift opening. It was a very happy morning.
After a nice noon-time breakfast, we all took showers and changed into our Christmas day finery. The kids had matching sweaters from Gigi and Poppy that they all looked adorable in. In the afternoon we had a wonderful dinner with Aunt DJ and Uncle Jack, Uncle Jay and Great Gram, followed by another fun round of gift opening and dessert. We all had a wonderful time.
We had a wonderful Christmas with our family. It certainly is the most wonderful time of the year. That evening we all went off to bed early so that we could get up at the crack of dawn and do it all over again in Rhode Island...
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