We had a nice quiet Christmas day at home with just each other. Jared and Lydia nicely slept in till around 7:30 and then came into our room to wake us up. We went downstairs and watched the church's old Christmas nativity, Joy to the World a perfect way to start this special day. We then headed upstairs to check out our stockings. In the past I have felt our stockings were pretty lame but this year was the best year yet. Mark and I even did a good job on each others stockings often they are just filled with candy but this year we each got each other some fun stuff. After stockings we ate breakfast, the traditional orange rolls and mixed up some scrambled eggs with ham to go with them. After eating we opened up our presents and spent most of the morning enjoying them. After awhile we asked Jared and Lydia if they were ready to go on their scavenger hunt and they were very excited to do it. We all really love this tradition. We had Lydia go first. She found her first clue on the tree and off we went. After she found her dress up clothes we had Jared head over to the tree to find his clue. He was able to read all his clues by himself which was really fun to see. Jared's gift was a huge nerf gun. We bought in back in October for his birthday but I really didn't want to give it to him. It has been sitting under our bed wrapped since then. Mark convinced me that we should go ahead and give it to him now so we did and he of course loves it. We are glad our kids were happy with their toys. We got Lydia a Minion clock which seem so to be her favorite or near the top. We got it for her and us really. She is such an early riser and always wants to come into our room. We love cuddling with her (and Jared) but we do not love it before we have to get up. So we got her this clock so she knows what time it is in the morning. We told her she has to stay in her bed until 7:00 and it is working great. She loves the silly noises it makes and I think she likes knowing when she can get up by herself. (We really worked on number identification this Fall) A day or so after Christmas she came over to Mark and I and said, "You guys really did a great job with our these (their presents)." She was referring to the clock then and it was super cute.
The very best gifts!
Looking for scavenger hunt clues!
We had ham, funeral potatoes, broccoli, and rolls for dinner and sugar cookies from the previous night. It was such a fun Christmas season! We got to do a lot of great things and really enjoy that special time of year. It's hard to believe another Christmas has passed, I am so thankful for this special time of year.
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