Christmas morning with kids just can not be beat – that is for certain! Especially with the magic of Santa still alive. Santa surprised Brennan by getting him a new ‘little teddy.’ As you probably know, Brennan LOVES his teddy. We have 3 teddys now in rotation and he used to have a little teddy too. I bought it on accident and then we think that perhaps Caelan put him in the garbage at some point when she was really little. The original Little Teddy is nowhere to be found – we have searched every nook and cranny in this house. He was so impressed that Santa knew how much he wanted a Little Teddy. He also got BeyBlades and a Seahawks jersey from Santa (which he wore for 4days straight before I could get it off of him to wash it).
Caelan got this princess castle with little people princesses and some slippers from Santa. This reaction is priceless!
The finale of Christmas was this kitty for Caelan from Grandma Carol & Grandpa Roger and a skateboard for Brennan from us. Brennan was quite distracted during the opening of presents looking at what was left under the tree and trying to figure out if he was getting a skateboard (it was #1 on his Santa list, and he had already opened the protective pads from Nana). But, we hid it in the closet to tease him – and brought it out at the end (pictures to follow).
Sean added a nice touch by leaving carrot scraps next to Brennan’s note…..
One present I gave to myself was this pan I found on the local consignment FB page. We used to get these at the Farmer’s Market all the time, now I’m excited to make them myself. They are round pancake balls that you can fill with whatever you want.
This ring was a present from Caelan….it’s a stackable ring with three pieces. I think each ring represents my three ‘loves’…..Sean, Brennan, & Caelan….
And….by 9am Brennan was out playing with his alley buddies…..Eli (he is Jewish and they must have talked about how he doesn’t celebrate Christmas - Brennan knew it and insisted that it would be OK to call his mom on Christmas morning) and Toby (who was beyond excited to play with his new BeyBlades.
We went to the movie Frozen in the afternoon (Eli and family decided to join us, actually) and then came home for a quiet, non-traditional meal of tacos. After dinner we looked at some Christmas lights. It was a great Christmas, but I couldn’t help but feel sad that we didn’t have any grandparents with us this year. Next year, perhaps……
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