We all had a wonderful Christmas morning, waking at 5:45 with Augie and 7:00 with the others. Interestingly, Georgia was the last one up! I had predicted she would be the first one, especially since everyone went to bed at 7 pm the night before.
Georgia says her best gift was the tail wagging and barking dog. Theo's was his construction set, and Augie liked the playdoh sets, his laptop, and the Marbleworks marble run. Kate was surprised by her laptop and relieved to finally get the car garbage bag that she has been hoping for.
Kate was very creative giving her brothers and sister presents. She gifted her old Build a Bear outfits to Georgia and helped her dress all of her animals with them. She also put together a sensory table and filled a large tub with 25 pounds of rice. She put items like funnels, measuring cups, and small animals in it for the kids to dig up and play with. It is a huge mess, but the kids love it and it is good for them. The kids have all played with it multiple times today.
Jon surprised me with Cavalia tickets for Georgia and I. Cavalia is a sort of acrobatic show on horses and is supposed to be very grand. In addition to these, he also bought me photography lessons and the buttercrock I had been hoping for.
We gave Jon ski goggles, a rain suit, and a massage. I think his and my best gift were the pictures that Georgia drew for us and Kate had framed. I love catching Georgia's take on our family through her drawings. My picture is of her, I, and Starr~complete with Starr's pee and poo in a pile. Jon's picture was of our whole family, including Daisy the pony.
For breakfast we enjoyed Brian's coffeecake and Kate insisted on lox and bagels with fresh fruit. It took us three hours to open presents and afterwards we played board games with the kids, watched a Christmas Story, and snacked on leftover Cioppino.
Jon made a dinner of prime rib, green beans, rolls, green salad, field roast (for Kate), and sauteed asparagus. We have two kinds of pies for dessert~pumpkin and pecan. I can say that we are positively stuffed!
We had a wonderful Christmas with Aunt Jane, Uncle Brian, and the kids. It was cozy, we ate well, and the kids had more than what they needed. We are blessed in this life!
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