Christmas In July: The Big Day

Time to wrap up all this "Christmas" business. And all I've got left to talk about is Christmas Day itself.

The spread after Santa came through:




Santa doesn't wrap presents at our house. And we've never had a problem with whose pile is whose. But this year it was even more clear because Santa put pictures of each kid on a plate. They're supposed to be kind of like these plates. Santa got a great deal on them right before Christmas.

Easton's haul:

Poor guy...our kids have only ever asked Santa for one thing. I just love this. No one told them that but they've only ever had one thing they ask for each year. And Easton had the brilliant idea to ask Santa for Batman Legos. You see, there is a Batman Lego Wii game. But no Batman Legos...anymore. So Easton was all, "I know! I'll ask Santa for them since he can make anything!" Great. So Santa had to get on eBay and hunt down old Batman Legos for top dollar. Seriously, they're not cheap. So we really didn't want to/couldn't get much. He got a cape-less Batman. A Batcycle. A Robin. Robin's water bike thingie. And a bad guy: Penguin with a few penguins. That's it. And Legos are all small so he's got a measly little spread down there. :( Poor guy. Santa brought a cool huge snowwalker to try to help. Baby Buzz must've been picked up when Santa flew over Disneyland. When we were in Disneyland last May, Dalton got a Baby Woody. Autumn got a Baby Ariel. And Easton chose a Padme Star Wars action figure. He later regretted the choice and wished he'd gotten a Buzz. Something they only sell in the Disney parks. Santa worked hard for that kid this year. :)

Here's Dalton's spread...

He'd asked Santa for "a Toy Story Factory". He meant the Lego Toy Story Landfill set for 7+ year olds. He didn't even know there was an Imaginext version. Santa made the executive decision to choose the more appropriate "Toy Story Factory".

And Autumn's pile:

The boys asked Santa for "a new Beanie Boo" on Autumn's behalf. So she got 3 new ones on her new kitchen!
Dalton was so excited that she got them...handing them to her was one of the very first things he did when he came downstairs Christmas morn:

Awww.


And despite the meager Lego display, Easton was still fairly excited, once he found it.

But the video from that morning makes me want to cry. He comes downstairs all, "Now, where's my Legos???" looking all around because they're so tiny and few. :( And then he was like, "Dad? Batman's cape isn't on." D'oh! I made him one later but man did Santa feel bad for E this year. You can see it on my Santa's face in some of the pictures. He really did enjoy his things, though:








Dalton had fun checking out his stuff:




As did the little Miss:




And checking out Bubba's stuff too:




Once we get through the unwrapped Santa presents we probably ate some food. At least I think we did. Then we move on to the stockings:


Stockings have always been one of my favorite parts of Christmas. My mom did fabulous stockings. We do very little candy. In fact, I'm not sure if there was any candy in the stockings this year. Instead we got toothbrushes...and have you ever seen a kid more excited to get a toothbrush for Christmas?




Or Chapstick?


Autumn got a teeny dolly in her stocking.

She's since named it "Button" and it is her very favorite baby doll these days.

After stockings we move on to the wrapped gifts. Easton was very excited to open a replacement copy of Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz for the Wii:




And Dalton was surprised to find the Alphie G-Ma and July sent. He calls it "Aubbers", though.


Autumn scored some cute clothes:


And a couple more dollies:




And probably her favorite: shoes!


She put them on and immediately went to tapping her pointy toes to check them out:


We checked out our new stuff for the rest of the morning and headed down to Christmas dinner at Grammy's house that evening.

And that is the end of Christmas!