It’s Christmas Morning

I’m just taking a quick break from the buzz on Christmas morning.  My three year old daughter woke up this morning and immediately wanted to check to see if Santa had come to the house.  She screamed with delight when she saw the cookies she had left out for him were gone and only crumbs were left.

Once she got over the excitement that he had come, she immediately went to work.  The first thing she did was unwrap the little gifts in her stocking.  My wife comes from a family that likes to put practical things in the stocking so my daughter found new princess underwear, shampoo, and a couple of “dollar store” presents.  She was definitely most excited about the princess underwear.

After that, she immediately headed for the tree in the front living room.  We had to slow her down a bit so that we could get comfortable and have a cup of tea.  At our house, you can normally see the Christmas tree.  I’ve been to some houses where you can’t see the tree through all of the presents.  We tend to take a lot more conservative approach when it comes to gifts at Christmas.  We spent a moderate amount of money this year.  I’d say we kept it under $300 total for the three of us.  That doesn’t include the $20 gifts that we bought for each of our nephews, but I think it was still pretty reasonable.

My daughter’s favorite gifts were the small portable radio that she can use to play her “princess” cd’s and her Leappad learning game console (50% off at Kohls so it was only $29.99).  I’d say the items that she spent the least amount of time admiring were definitely the clothes.  :)

Now, we are off to celebrate Christmas with family.

I hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.