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Christmas Morning

Copper woke up at 6:30 on Christmas morning and asked, "Is it morning time yet?" I smiled and said sure.  We waited about ten minutes and woke up the twins.  Past their morning wake up time anyway.  The one day they wanted to sleep in, the stinkers.  Grandma and Grandpa came over and watched the girls open their Santa gift and gifts from us.  All three loved their remote control cars (and Micah's train) and Copper especially loved the box of craft stuff.  Delighted, actually.
 Hey look! A toothbrush that goes by itself!
 "White paper just like I asked for!"  And a train and race car that goes by themselves...
 Micah was estatic about the box of Play-Doh and asked to do it immediately!
 Helping Grandma and Grandpa open their presents.  Time is 7:07 a.m.  Haha.
 I asked the girls to pose in front of the tree.  Micah said no and decided to pose by the closet door.

Our first snowstorm of the year!  After presents we bundled up outside to shovel the walks...

 New game from Santa... tell your own princess story.  Our girls have shown to be imaginative!
 Micah: "This is my mad face."

 Around lunchtime we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's to meet the clan and gorge on food.  Yummy.  Turkey, beef brisket, relish trays, cheese balls, homemade rolls, potatoes, and pies galore.  One of my favorite traditions of Christmas day.  The food.
 For the last several years my parents have given all the adult children cash; we're to buy our presents a few weeks before Christmas, wrap them up, and bring them to mom and dad's to surprise them.  Takes the stress of them of knowing what to buy us, I guess?  It's fun.  The kids' gift openings were the real surprise and it fun to watch their surprised faces.
 Some of the gang.

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  1. NatalieDecember 29, 2014 at 8:44 PM

    Hey, we had the pink penguin wrapping paper too!
    So, fun seeing your Christmas celebration! Looks like the girls loved it!
    Merry Christmas! P.S. Thanks for the Christmas card. It was fun!

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