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Christmas and the day after

Molly was the first one to wake up this year...not too early. Probably sometime around 7:30.  She had a hard time waiting for Stockton and Brynn to wake up.  They both needed a little bit of help waking up.  It was probably 30-40 minutes after Molly woke up when we took our top-of-the-stairs picture.
Molly and Stockton were super excited to run downstairs but Brynn was really nervous.  We told her that Santa had come but she didn't realize that he had come and left...she thought he was still there and didn't want to go downstairs.  I carried her down, but she covered her eyes the whole way down.  She took a little peek to reassure herself that he truly wasn't there and then she was able to get into the celebration a little more!

Looking back I am a little embarrassed with how spoiled the kids were this year!  I guess it was hard not to get them everything!  We'll have to cut back next year but we just enjoyed the day and the excitement the kids had over everything little thing.

Molly hadn't asked for anything so she didn't know what to expect.  She got a giant stuffed panda (which she named Clover) and a pogo stick.
Stockton got the requested Hulk muscles and some dress-ups.
Brynn got her Sofia doll (just a small plush one) and an Aquadoodle.
They usually get the same sort of thing in their stockings...a movie, a toothbrush, bubble bath, some treats, a new ornament.  And usually a little surprise trinket of some sort.

We took a break for a nice breakfast and then went back for more.  They each had two presents under the tree, one from mom and dad, and one from their siblings.

Molly got a bow and arrow from Stocky and Brynn and a Spirograph from us.
Stockton got a starter set of Legos from Molly and Brynn and some superhero figurines and cars from us.
Brynn got wooden blocks from Molly and Stocky and a Minnie Mouse dress-up from us.
When all the opening was done we tried to clean up a little bit, got dressed and ready, and explored all the new toys for a while.  Since we had been to Justin's house a few days before and my house the night before, we decided to just stay home for the day.  This was the first time in my whole life that I hadn't gone to anyone's house on Christmas Day!  Fortunately, Gene, April, and Brett brought some dinner down to us and kept us company and we enjoyed having them.

We couldn't really get down to the business of eating until they showered our kids with more presents.  Molly got the Ever After High book and a music maker.
Stockton got a cars sticker book, a cars search-and-find book and a glow-in-the-dark race track.
Brynn got a set of read-to-me princess books and a Minnie Mouse dress-up set.
They stayed for a few hours and then it was to bed.  We had time to play our new game a few times...Sequence for Kids.

My mom and dad came down the next day along with Erin (Moyes) and her 4 kids.  It's always fun to have grandma and grandpa come, but even more exciting to have cousins visit!

We'll just get straight to the presents.  It's not the most important part of Christmas, but something to look back and remember.  Molly got clothes, a Rainbow Loom, and the Emily American Girl Doll.
Emily is the fictional best friend of the Molly doll, which I had as a kid and that Molly had been playing with before this.  All the Molly stuff is about to be retired so my mom jumped on the chance to get Molly her very own AG doll.
Stockton got clothes, a remote-controlled helicopter, a razor scooter, and Justice League action figures.
Brynn got clothes and a Bitty Baby.  
And that wrapped up the days of gift-giving.  We are so blessed and fortunate to have so much as far as material means go but even more so we have such amazing families and the time spent with all of them, for me, was the best part of the season.

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Molly had a shaky start on her new pogo stick until I told her to start small so she set a goal to get 5 jumps, then 10, and so on.  She did that for a while and then figured out that it's much easier outside where there is room to bounce around.  She caught on pretty quickly after that.
A few minutes after Justin took this video, she got up to 102!!

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