Christmas

Well the week started off with me NOT wanting to work at all! I worked all of Monday, Tuesday I left 2 hours early to get some last minute stuff done, Wednesday I took 4 hours of PTO and picked Presley up from KTC early (she insisted that she didn't want to be there...yeah b/c having fun with 60 other kids or coming home and sitting on the couch with mom are very similar in 'fun'!). Thursday at work we played BINGO and the first 3 winners got to leave at noon...so my skills at bingo paid off!

Thursday night Piper the Elf left the girls a note with a box asking them to fill it with books and toys they no longer wanted that Piper and Santa could give to others! Presley was VERY excited to fill it up, my only regret...not leaving a bigger box for them to fill!

 

We decided to take both girls to a movie, together. We had yet to attempt this with Piper. My parents had taken the grandkids to see a movie a couple weeks ago and it didn't go too badly, so we tried.

$50 for all 4 of us to see a movie! Thirty minutes of previews for a kids movie is just NOT smart! I brought snacks for back up, but that was gone by the time the movie started. Piper and Steve missed the 2nd half of the movie b/c she would not sit still and would not be quiet. They ended up in the car while Presley and I finished the movie. He is such a good daddy and husband but now he has decided that we never need to see a movie in the theater again.

There is one part of the movie where they say 'Hello?' and then it's silence....well it would've been silent if Piper hadn't been there yelling 'Hello!' multiple times also!

We saw The Good Dinosaur, I really liked it! I think Presley liked it too though she did get nervous at some parts. Steve thought it was a litte slow but then again, he didn't see the main story line of the movie.

We got home, ate dinner and the girls threw out their reindeer food into the yard (which we had a bunch of deer tracks out there by morning!).

We gave them a Christmas Eve present with new pj's, a movie, popcorn and candy and the special treat of having a bubble bath in our whirlpool tub! Presley has been asking for this for months!

Then they opened their gifts to each other. Presley picked out this stuffed dog pillow for Piper but she REALLY wanted it for herself! It was so hard for her to part with it and let her sister have it! (little did she know, Uncle Matt bought her the same one!)

Then we went downstairs and watched their new movie The Polar Express and hung out until it was time for bed. Presley got the milk and cookies ready for Santa, left him a note and off to bed she went with no issues! :)

 

Unlike most kids, our still do not wake up early even on Christmas morning. It was about 8:30 when Piper walked into our room, she cuddled with me a while and then we woke Presley up about 9! Presley was VERY into it this year. She was worried that she never made a list for Santa so how would Santa know what he should bring her, but I think she was happy anyways! Unlike alot families, our Santa wraps everything but the big gift. I just like the anticipation of them unwrapping things and seeing their faces and this is how our Santa always did it growing up. We gave them their Christmas Eve gift and then a Boogie Board (it's kinda like a magna doodle only cooler and smaller and they each have their own so they don't have to fight over it). It's so funny to hear how different families do things with gifts and traditions!

 

Piper was not real into it. It took her forever to open anything and she didn't really care about any presents that she received, oh well! Then we hung out, we got ready to head to my parents house for hte afternoon and the girls played and fought over things. I think Santa was good to them despite not having any ideas on what to bring them!