On Christmas morning, Alice was the first up, and had the gifts sorted into piles before she woke everyone just after seven.
We were all moving slow, but the kids quickly woke up as they went through their stockings.
William and I found this big pack of Reese's on one of our adventures, and it started a 'wow' candy trend for everyone. I tried to get a giant quantity of candy for each of them, that they didn't have to share with anyone. I think everyone ended up sharing or trading anyhow, but they didn't have to! So Alice had Reese's, Emily got Haribo, William's was a giant container of peanut butter M&M's, Grace got the largest container of Ferro Roche that I could find, and Juliet got an entire box of Kinder Beuno.
A wheelchair for their American girl dolls was one of the few gifts that I bought new, but it was definitely a favorite!
Emily didn't get any needles or yarn for Christmas, but found the inspiration to start crocheting Amigurumi.
Not a bad first attempt!
Much to Emily and my disappointment, when I opened the freezer to get out green beans for Christmas dinner, we had none. = 0 So, no Christmas green beans for us. I also neglected to order bread, but that was easily remedied. They weren't amazing, but they were pretty good for a quick job.
The pressure was on my kids now to start eating the contents of their candy canes, so that I can use them again next year! = )
Once the bread was finished, we sat down, popped our Christmas crackers, and ate a ham feast! The jokes were as corny as ever, and I think mine had the best trinket, a tiny screwdriver set!
It was a lovely Christmas for sure! Merry Christmas y'all!
later days
12-30-24 backdated for continuity.
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