Christmas morning was so much fun! The only picture I managed to get of the kids coming out to see the tree is completely blurry - but I guess that shows how excited they were!
It was cute that before they did anything they were both astounded to see that the cookies and milk were gone that they'd left out for Santa!
The kids opened their stockings first and then we had family prayer and put the last ornament on the tree from the '25 Days of Christ'.
Ben got another Lego set from Santa!
We had to laugh when the kids clued in that their was a tube sled for them sitting right out in the open! They'd probably looked right at it a number of times and then suddenly, Emma jumped up and realized what it was!
Emma was so excited to give Ben a present and he was thrilled to get a cap gun and soldier toy to play with.
We loved to see how excited both of them were to receive scripture cases!
Emma got a Lego set from Santa too!
After the majority of the gifts were opened, we sent the kids on a scavenger hunt! It was a little frustrating as I had this vision in my head about how it would go, but they both had meltdowns when the other one found a clue before them. After about six clues that had them running to various locations around the house, they found the gift in the laundry room! We moved the big box into the living room for them to open.
We purposely only put wrapping paper on top of the box, but they ended up ripping all the wrapping paper off the sides first. When they finally ripped open the top, we had four helium balloons that floated out! They were more excited for them than what was actually in the box!
Ben grabbed his suitcase out of the box and was ready to play with it, when we told them to keep looking in the box. Emma finally found the sign that told them we are going to Disney World!
I really expected a bit bigger reaction, but I think they don't understand what it involves yet. They had lots of fun playing with the balloons though! lol
We had a few more presents to open afterwards - Magic Bands from Grandpa Nichols! It will be so nice to have them at Disney in January.
Emma with all her presents. There was definitely a theme this year, but we're really excited to use most of them for our trip!
Ben was happy to take a picture as long as he got to open his Lego right afterwards!
I made a countdown to our Disney trip and the kids were excited to get to help put it up. Each day has an activity to do together and I hope it will help them get as excited as I am to go!
It wasn't long before the Lego sets were out and being built. Ben has really made huge strides from the first time he got Lego. Lennard didn't have to do hardly anything. Ben followed the instructions and just went for it!
Emma had fun with her Lego set too. I helped her a bit, but overall she did the majority herself. As she hasn't really had her own Lego before, it's fun to see her enjoy creating too.
Emma loved her new Minnie Mouse outfit! She even got bows in her stocking to go with the outfit!
We went out to my parents at around 3:00 and had a meal with Shauna and Mindy's families and my parents. It was fun to visit with them and play some games together. It has been such a wonderful day.
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