Gwilly's Sillies: We Wish You a Merry Christmas!

My kids are at a fun age for Christmas right now. Cole remembered enough about last year that he was very excited for Santa to come. Emily fed off of Cole's excitement and got pretty excited herself, even if she wasn't quite sure what was going to happen. So, I figured this year we were finally going to have an early Christmas morning, one where Chad didn't get to shower before we opened presents. However, for some reason, my kids who never sleep in, actually slept in. Cole didn't come into our room until about 8:15. He was fairly excited that Santa had come and wanted to go check it out. But his mean Dad told him he had to wait until Emily woke up before we did anything. (I think this was a stall tactic so Chad could get his shower in.) While Chad showered, I turned on the TV to entertain Cole and keep him from going crazy. About 15 minutes later or so, Emily came in and sat down and started watching the Christmas cartoon that Cole was watching. In an effort to get them excited, I asked Emily, "Did Santa come?". She looked at me, said, "Yeah I guess so", and then went right back to watching the show. The show didn't end until 9:00, so we didn't even start our stockings until after that. It seemed so un-Christmasy to me!!
Then, after we did stockings and unwrapped a few presents, Chad decided he was hungry and wanted breakfast. So he talked the kids into taking a break and playing with some of their presents while I made breakfast.
Once we finally got going though, the kids were fun to watch.
Addy figured out really fast how to rip the paper off and see what was inside.

But the present wrapped in a trash bag threw her off a little bit.
"You want me to look in there?"

"I'm not supposed to play in the trash!"

"I hope all trash bags hold this kind of stuff!"

Emily was very funny. After she opened every present, she told us, "It's what I always wanted."

This face was priceless! (Santa had a trash bag present for everyone. This one contained a dollhouse.)

Cole spent most of the morning being observant. It did not take him too long to figure out which boxes contained clothes and he avoided those as long as possible. After Emily opened her Princess Wii game, he spent the next little while trying to find a present with this name on it that was the same shape as Emily had gotten. He eventually found it!

I thought he was a little young to be scoping out his presents, but apparently not. In fact, he was so observant that he also asked why Santa had used our paper and tags. Who pays attention to that at 5?!!? Thankfully his Dad was quick to point out that Santa has access to the same paper and tags that we have. Sheesh. I am in big trouble with him!

These are a few of our favorite things.

Then, to top the day off, we had a nice dinner of Cornish Game Hens (or baby chickens as Chad calls them). They were very tasty, even if I do say so myself. My kids weren't so sure about them though. Oh well, you can't win them all! (Notice the favorite present of the day, the dual action light sabre, had to come to the table with us!)