On Christmas Eve Rachel (not surprisingly) had a real hard time falling asleep. I finally had to sit on the floor of her room to keep her in bed long enough to fall asleep, and then she was out in less than 10 minutes. Amazing what staying in bed for just a few minutes will do for a tired kid. I was expecting a 3 or 4am wake up call, but she made it until 5:00, then laid next to me in bed until 5:30 before she got too wiggly for me to stand it, so we both got up to wait for the late risers. By about 6:15 or 6:30 we were ready to see what Santa had brought. I crocheted beanies for everyone, matching for the boys and matching for the girls. Annie wasn't interested in wearing hers for long. But she was interested in candy. She LOVED her stocking full of goodies. She could have done without all her gifts. Between her stocking and Ryan's gifts she was in heaven.
Ryan was happy that Santa brought him a lollypop, too.
Rachel's one request from Santa was a cake pop maker, and she got it. She got Grandma to help her put it together right away and got to work making some cake pops.
Once Ryan was done with his lollypop, he found a flashlight from his stocking to substitute.
After we got the mess cleaned up a little and Ryan got his morning nap, we headed in to Grandma and Grandpa Knight's house. Rachel wanted to open those presents right away, and was not too happy when we told her we were waiting for Peyton and McKenzie to get there before we opened any presents. Luckily they got there relatively soon after we got there, so there wasn't too much waiting.
The kids raked in some cool loot, including a big art easel from Grandma and Grandpa Knight that they love. All the girls got baby dolls, and McKenzie and Peyton each got a stroller to go with them, which, combined with the sleep deprivation from staying up too late and getting up too early, pushed Rachel over the edge. "I'm just so jealous of them!" she told us as she was hiding in the corner crying. She had of course forgotten that back home she had her own stroller and grocery cart to push her baby in. By lunch time she had declared this "The Worst Christmas EVER!" After a nap that afternoon she was much more agreeable and enjoyed the rest of her Christmas. When I asked her at bedtime if it had been her worst Christmas ever she said no. We'll chalk that one up as a win.
The next day we stayed home to recuperate and play with the new Christmas stuff. The girls made some really cool works of art.
Annie got a big kid mattress, which means the girls finally get their bunk beds put together. Sometime... It's not done yet, and surprisingly the girls are okay with that. I thought we'd have them begging to put it together before bed Christmas night. They also got new Hello Kitty bedding and Annie asks occasionally if she can sleep in her new Hello Kitty bed, so one of these days we'll have to get around to putting it together. Maybe this weekend. In the meantime, we had the mattress just sitting in the front room for a few days, which the kids loved as their very own indoor trampoline.
It was a fun Christmas and so nice having Jake home all week.
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