Christmas Morning

Daniel and I woke up this morning when Kira climbed into bed with us at 8:30. She snuggled with us for a little bit and then we decided to get up and see who else was awake. Briona and Grandma we making hot cocoa in the kitchen and Christopher was still snoozing. Since Chris was still asleep we decided to have breakfast before we opened presents (this was Kira's idea).

It is our tradition to have green waffles with red strawberries and white whipped cream for Christmas breakfast. We have done this every year for the past 7 years I think.

After breakfast it was time to open presents. We always start with our stockings (that way we can start on the sugar high 1st thing). Briona was adorable. She emptied her stocking one item at a time. She would pull out each little toy and piece of candy one by one, with a gasp of delight in between. She gets so much enjoyment out of the little things.

Gift unwrapping at our house is a slow and relaxed process. After all, we have to play with each new gift before we can move onto the next. Everyone watches with

anticipation as we take turns opening and exploring our new things. I am not trying to brag but I have to say that my children amaze me. Each year I wait for pushiness, greed and impatience to creep their way into our home on Christmas morning, but my kids keep them away.

Some of the favorite gifts this year are:

Footie Jammies
New Coats
New Bike
Mini MP3 Players
and of Course
the Wii

And the icing on the cake, it started snowing!