At 6am Gage woke up but told me that it was still dark outside so he could not get up yet. I said "it's morning buddy, you can get up" He said "no Mommy, it's dark outside and that's when Santa comes". I told him when he was ready to get up, he should wake up his sister and come downstairs -- he made it about another 10-15 minutes and he was downstairs - without his sister yelling "Santa brought new toys!" Our usually-slow-to-get-moving-in-the-morning Savannah bolted out of bed to run for the tree. They were pretty excited by the giant stash they found :-)
I'd say those are some genuinely happy and excited faces :-)
And then, the unwrapping began! The gift Gage MOST wanted was Spiderman Stunt City. He was super excited! Notice that we ended up with the weather channel on in the background - our weather radio started going off - we had tornado warnings all day, but nothing more than a big thunderstorm every materialized for us, thankfully.
They both broke out into dance more than once :-)
Savannah was VERY excited that the last gift she opened, was the Monster High High School that she really wanted! Okay, it was behind the Easy Bake Oven, which was first on her list (and she also got that)
So, we had a fun, full day of unwrapping, building, installing batteries, and playing.
Although it was nice not to travel and we were where we should be - home - so the kiddos can wake up and have Christmas in their own house, Mommy missed being with family (and seeing the kids with Grandmas & Grandpas, Aunts & Uncles & Cousins) more than she lets on.....
