I was up until 3am building toys and wrapping presents I had the living room set up perfectly, Donalds presents on the couch, Joys on the chair, and Teo with his own special corner.
When I went to bed I couldn't get to sleep try as I might. at one point I must have fallen asleep because I woke at 6am and decided to not bother going back to sleep. William got up with me too. I walked around the house, made some tea, made a bit of noise to entice the kids to wake up but they wouldn't. Eventually I gave up waiting for them and William and I started opening our presents. I gave him a coupon book with the following coupons:
1.Control the remote for a day
2. Cup of Tea
3. 50 point head start at scrabble
4. Foot rub (if feet are clean)
5. Massage
Might not seem like much but he appreciated it!
Joy was the first to wake up and she got tore into her presents right away! Then Teo came in and went straight for his kitchen!
Teo started the 'breakfast' and Joy bounded into Donald's room bouncing up and down declaring that santa had been and he had to come open presents.
They opened all their presents (except Teo, he took all day to get through his pile) and went to check their stockings. Inside their stocking they found a message from santa telling them he had hid a present for them and giving them clues to follow to find it. Donalds clues sent him into the kitchen cupboards, into his desk drawer, and finally into the hoover cupboard where he found his gift
Joys clues sent her in the christmas tree, in the mailbox, and finally the tv where she found hers
When Donald was 3 He would declare 'It's just what I always wanted' after opening every single gift, and after the last few years of his ungratefulness I was really wishing he would tell me 'It's just what I always wanted!' and I got my wish. Most gifts he opened, even if it wasn't something he asked for, he told me it was just what he wanted! I was so happy! this has been the best christmas in a long time and I needed it! My gifts were A snuggie, 3 pairs of earrings, and a shake weight from William, A long sleeve top made by the children, and A dreamcatcher, A calander, A nodding Pig, and 2 little Pig figurines from Tracy. Plus William and I got a box of roses to share off his dad.
After christmas dinner we lit some candles on the Happy Birthday Jesus cake and sang happy birthday to Jesus.
That's really what christmas is all about, so it's the most important part of Christmas day for me.
The cake was really tasty. Now we're all just relaxing and playing with Toys!
I wish I could tell you everything the kids got but they got so much it's too hard to list them off the top of my head! all I can say is their christmas wishes came true and so did mine!
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