We put the kids to bed at 8pm December 24th and then started our elvish work. I wrapped gifts while Andrew put together our present for our kids (which took a whopping 5 hours, keeping us up until after 3am!)
I'm turning into one of those crazy ladies that has to have the perfect gift for her kids. But we don't have a huge budget for lots of extravagant things, so I did some serious research and we (like Andrew had a whole lot of say) chose to get a combined gift for our kids- a toy kitchen. And Santa knew what we were getting and found some fun accessories to go with the kitchen: pots and pans, toy food, a play cookie set with a cookie sheet, and a sandwich making kit.
I found way too much pleasure in searching out the right kitchen for the best price, but I think it paid off because the kids love it and we got a killer deal.
Christmas Eve morning we also skyped with Andrew's family so they could see our kids open the presents they got them. They spoiled Jake and McKenna with a pirate ship, doctors kit, mini mouse with horse dress up set, and an Ariel baby doll. It was fun to see the kids so excited to open their presents, and I'm thrilled to have new toys to help entertain them with. I think I was as giddy as they were!
We also spent a lot of time this Christmas season explaining the purpose of Christmas to the kids. I'm sure McKenna had no idea, but Jake did seem to understand, at least to some degree, that we are really celebrating Christ's birth. In order to drive that point home a little more, we made an angel food cake and sang happy birthday to Jesus, which I think will be a fun tradition to carry on through our kids' childhood.
After spending plenty of time playing with their new toys, we headed to my parents for dinner and to celebrate Christmas with my family. I love this time of year when we draw closer to our Savior, Jesus Christ. It was definitely a Christmas to remember. Having young kids on Christmas is seriously THE best!!
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