Christmas Day

Christmas morning started at 7:30am. Lucky for us, Bailey didn't let the excitement get her up too early. However, since Avery was still sleeping, she had to wait. She ran downstairs and brought up her stocking. Inside, she found a new pair of earrings, a giant lip gloss, and three head bands. Bailey was a sweetheart, once she saw her stash she announced, "Since I have three head bands, I'm going to give one to Avery, and one to you, Mom."

Once Avery awoke, we headed downstairs, but Mike pulled a classic, "Wait! I'm not ready!" One of the things I remember about Christmas as a child was my dad always making us wait. First, he had to get dressed. Then, he had to make sure the camera was ready. Then... who knows what. I laughed when Mike was doing it too.

Finally, finally, it was time to open presents.

I love this picture. Bailey is so excited about her new zhu zhu pets. I'm glad she was so easily pleased... 

Bailey was thrilled to finally get a pillow pet. She has a few other big stuffed animals, including a pillow pet like duck from last year. I tried to tell her she already had one, but she wasn't convinced. Her duck didn't fold up like other pillow pets. I asked her why she wanted one. She said, "Because it's good for travel." Oh, really. I asked her where she learned that. "From T.V." Of course.

The girls were super excited about all their new toys and books. Avery's favorite present was the giant lip gloss (the green object in her hands in the above picture). That lip gloss did not leave her hands or purse (which is also always carried around) for a whole week, until it was gone. Maybe next year she'll just get lipglosses. (:

I surprised Mike with a Flip camcorder. Well, it was kind of a surprise. I told him there was no way we could afford it, but I went and asked parents to contribute instead of buying him a gift. I got a great deal on an amazon.com black friday sale, and wrapped it up. I figured he wouldn't be able to guess what it was because it was in such a small package. When I put it under the tree, he announced, "It's a camcorder!" I told him it was way too small, trying to through him off. He wasn't convinced. He, too, had seen a a tiny camcorder "on T.V." I'm beginning to think we watch too much T.V. around here...

I got the cheese making ingredients I wanted. Yes, I know, it sounds kind of weird. Oh well. I'm excited to give it a try.

We had a wonderful Christmas this year!