No, this wasn’t our first Christmas with kiddos in the literal sense, but it WAS our first Christmas with kiddos who could manage to unwrap a gift by themselves and be excited about the whole shebang.
It was really, really cool.
At 8:00 a.m. Mr. Happy woke up. With all four of us in the bed together, the little munchkin just cannot resist trying to get his big brother to play with him. So, Mr. Charm woke up. Which meant we were all UP.
The Geek and I quickly made ourselves look a tad presentable, then looked at Mr. Charm and said “Do you want to go see what Santa brought for you?”
Now, I don’t really think Mr. Charm understands anything about Santa, yet, but I guess our tone of voice was exciting enough that he did a big GASP, got big eyes, and said “O-KAY!” Then he took off running.
We followed behind, and for the next hour we enjoyed the unwrapping and playing with gifts.
It was a blast.
The sheer enjoyment and thrill of opening gifts on Christmas…it’s just as much fun to witness and facilitate it as it was to be the recipient as a child.
Examining a new toy..
Wow! Cool!
Showing off his new Thomas decals!
Putting together his new Thomas Puzzle
Digging into his stocking
SLINKY!!!!
Concentrating REALLY HARD on his new game
I’m looking forward to years of such sheer joy and excitement in the future.
Mr. Happy was just thrilled to try getting a hold of all the wrapping paper flying about, and when that failed, playing with his brothers new toys. It was enough for a 6 month old, that’s for sure!
Oh, and Mr. Charm had the first bacon he’s had in MONTHS on Christmas morning, too, and really – isn’t that almost better than any gift? Yum!
How was your Christmas morning? Do you just love watching your kids open gifts, too?
