"The stockings all hung by the chimney with care..."
Santa's gifts to Mackenzie: Clothes and Violet the dog.
Santa's gifts to Hunter: CD player, LeapFrog pen and books, movies, clothes, tennis shoes, a calendar, and a "Big Swing Set".
Hunter and Mackenzie walking in to see what Santa has brought. (Hunter fell asleep Christmas Eve in his clothes. No PJs for him this morning.)
The evidence that Santa was here.
Hunter opening his stocking.
Mackenzie getting her first Christmas ornament from Santa.
Fruit Face :)Christmas morning has always been my favorite morning of the year. Being a child and enjoying Christmas morning was one memorable experience, but nothing beats being a parent on Christmas Eve Night and then living through the kids' excitement Christmas morning. Hunter was so excited! His one and only request was a "big swing set". Prior to leaving for Tennessee, Hunter had spread his "reindeer food" in the backyard where he wanted his swing set and taped a letter to Santa on the backdoor. We weren't sure Santa could fit something so big in his sleigh, but he did. Santa even had written a letter and taken a few pictures of the swing set and left it on the couch with Hunter's other gifts. It was the last thing Hunter discovered. While looking at the pictures, he realized that the house in the background was our house and he yelled, "Hey that's my house." That was when everything clicked. He was excited, but I don't think he was as excited as Adam and I were. After he had some fun with Santa's things, we opened our stockings. There were a few small gifts in the kids stockings. My memorable gift from this year was a post-it note pad full of coupons that Santa had written me. Some of them were:
1. Dinner out with hubby.
2. Manicure
3. A week off from washing clothes.
4. Going to the park with the kids.
5. Girls Night Out
These are just a few. Half of the note pad was full. It was really sweet. Santa said he wasn't sure what to get me, and decided to go with this idea. This meant more to me than any gift Santa could have brought :)
Nannie and Papa were there to experience the morning with us. However, a few days prior to Christmas, Nannie had mentioned that Santa wasn't going to be filling their stockings this year. This was the first time in 59 years they were not going to have a stocking. I called up the elves and we decided to make sure Santa took care of their stockings. Nannie and Papa woke up to some surprises themselves Christmas morning. We enjoyed watching them open their stockings. I love Christmas!!!
