A scattering of gifts around the tree:
The girls were overjoyed when they spotted the gifts for themselves. Sam received an easel (she had been asking for one), Sophia received the Sofia the First Royal Academy (from a show that she loves to watch) and Jack got a race track for his cars.
Santa was even creative enough to use the easel to indicate whose gift was for who so that there would be no confusion! Ha!
Checking out the race track:
Unwrapping each of the items in her stocking:
Jack's focus was minimal, but he did enjoy opening a few things:
Really though, he was more interested in playing with the items AFTER they were opened. For example, his harmonica was a big hit.
(We brought out laundry baskets for each of the kids so that they could put their respective gifts in them. This made things SO much more organized -- and easy to carry into the other room when it was time to clean up before the arrival of our guests that day).
Such a happy little girl:
Part-way through, Jack just had to go and eat some breakfast in the kitchen. Little Man tried, but he just couldn't hang with the expert present-openers ... his sisters. They DID try to bring him a few gifts to open in between bites of breakfast.
And the best part for Sam??? The roller skates that she had been begging for ... She dearly hoped that they were wrapped up among the other presents under the tree, pulling out packages that were "too small to possibly be her skates." Momma and Daddy did not disappoint.
It was a nice holiday where we spent all of it at our house this year. It makes for a little bit of extra cleaning in between celebrations and quite a bit of food prep, but it is so worth it to be able to stay put and not have to travel. The kids loved spending all of the extra time with family and we are excited to see what the next year has in store for us ...
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