I saw someone on twitter earlier say that people don’t need to blog today, because it’s Christmas and all.
I’d noticed ๐
But before I blogged for all sorts of other reasons, I blogged to record family memories, and Christmas is a memory that’s kind of important. So if you don’t mind, I *am* going to blog ๐
It was quite a low key Christmas here for a variety of reasons. The most obvious being the fact that we’re none of us running at 100% yet. I think Small, first to cave, is the healthiest, and certainly he’s the only one with a full appetite back. Can’t believe I couldn’t manage seconds of Christmas dinner!
To prove the whole not quite right yet, despite putting the little ones to bed by just after 8 (and 8.15, 8.20 and 8.30, thanks for that Tigerboy) they didn’t wake until nearly 10 this morning. Poor Big had been waiting hours! So we did our leisurely opening.
Each child gets a new outfit, pjs, underwear. They get books, something to play with (or watch), and something specific to them. Which sounds like quite a lot, all listed out, but didn’t seem like a huge amount, in the piles. And they get their presents from Tim’s family, always brought round on Christmas eve, to open here.
Which were real winners this year. Big got a gift card for clothes. Small got Minecraft Lego, and he was thrilled with it. Smallest got a princess dress, and wore it all day, and Tigerboy got a tonka truck and books.
He’s such a dream to buy presents for. At one point he took the paper off a present and found a box – look, I’ve got a box! (the present was inside it ๐ ) So he was happy as anything with a Mr Tumble toy, a new game for his Leappad Ultra (LeapFrog Explorer Game: Disney-Pixars Monsters University (for LeapPad and Leapster) since you ask) and his sister’s new dolls.
Smallest got a pair of little girl dolls, a Furby (powered by Duracell, sigh) books, and a LeapFrog Explorer Game: Disney Doc McStuffins (for LeapPad and LeapsterGS) for her Leappad 3.
Small got Hexbugs, and played with them most of the afternoon. Apart from when he was reading The Long Haul (Diary of a Wimpy Kid book 9) which he devoured in one sitting, reading while the rest of us were chatting round the dinner table. I guess it’s a good book ๐
Big got clothes, and makeup and books and a DVD. The piles get smaller as the kids get bigger.
This year it was hard to get into the festive spirit, but the tradition of the family meal just down the road did rather cement the feeling.
Could have done without the extra present from the cat when we got home though ๐
I hope your Christmas days were as family and fun filled as you wanted them to be.