The day arrrrrived, and the girls were extremely EXCITED! Joe and I had quite the interesting Christmas Eve getting ready for the Big Day! :) We started to head to bed, only to find out that our dog peed on the bed! What dog gets UP to go pee? I'm still perplexed by the whole thing. Anyway, we spent a majority of the time getting that out! We most certainly do not want that to remain in our bed. Luckily, as I type this, there is no sign or scent of the mistake. We of course, couldn't place a sheet on a wet bed, even after it was clean. It would soak through the sheets.
Therefore, we had to make the bed in the front room up. By the end of all the steaming and fuming, I had to sit back, stair at the ceiling, and just laugh. Joe had to have a chuckle too. We finally got to sleep, and we were awoken by Peyton Christmas morning.
She must have gone past the toys from "Santa" just looking for where Mom and Dad could be, if they aren't where they are supposed to be! She woke me up, and I said let's get you back in bed while I get you ready. She then saw her "Santa" gift, a scooter. When she got back in bed, she told me that she didn't know that Santa got her scooters! I simply said "Peyton." Then, she began to cry! I immediately understood she was feeling shame, and I tried as hard as I could to stop it! I don't want a tearful Christmas memory! No way! She did stop, and I got things ready for the morning. Addison woke up soon after, but she wouldn't get out of bed unless someone came and got her. That is when they saw their filled stockings and the scooters!
Peyton had observed the night before, that there was barely any room for Santa to place anything else under the tree! We had to agree. We were soooo blessed this year with all the gifts that people shipped in the mail! We had a full tree! The gifts were great, but it was the fact that so many people thought of our girls, as well as Joe and I! Thank you all so much for thinking of us this Christmas! We appreciate all that you did! One of my most favorite parts of Christmas, is getting Christmas cards in the mail! I absolutely love going to the mail and seeing more! They are all so beautiful and sweet! I especially love the ones with pictures!
We enjoyed a morning of opening gifts, having lots of laughs, and smiling ear to ear as we watched the girls. Joe made us fantastic pancakes for breakfast, and then we all settled in to play with the new toys! Joe set up his new toy, too. We all had a very relaxing day home, as a family! It was really the best Christmas!!!
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