We normally spend Christmas Eve with Michael's family. They all gathered at Sean's house this year so that is where we went. Michael jr had a great time seeing his Mimi, his great Nanny, his great PawPaw and his Uncle Sean. We stuffed our faces and opened gifts until we had to get Michael jr home to bed.
When we got back to our house, my family was here waiting on us. They always spend the night on Christmas Eve so they can wake up and do Christmas morning with us. This year we had my mom & dad, my aunt Diane & Uncle Lloyd from Alabama, and my brother Allen and his girlfriend Becky. So it was a full house! Our tradition every year is to pile up on the couch and watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. I think I only made it through to the part where Cousin Eddie shows up and I was passed out in front of the fireplace.
On Christmas morning, we had a very special visitor! SANTA!!!!!! My dad bought a Santa suit and got all dressed up to present Mikey with his gifts. He had been a little fearful of Santa earlier in the season, but in the 3 days leading up to Christmas, that was all he wanted to talk about. On Christmas Eve he even asked me 3 times if we could go to the mall to see Santa and ask for a bike. Well, we did not have time to visit Santa again, but we did place a phone call! Mikey asked Santa for a bike and a cake! So Christmas morning, my dad excused himself to use the restroom and 5 minutes later, Santa appeared with a bike and a bag full of gifts! He even had a cake for little Mikey! It was so great to see my dad like this!
So Mikey opened his gifts from Santa and we all opened the rest of our gifts. We spent the day in our PJs and had a fabulous traditional Christmas lunch prepared by myself and my mom and Aunt Diane.
What a wonderful holiday!
This is my dad opening the yearly calendar gift. Last year I started making everybody these calendars on Shutterfly that are full of Mikey's pictures. It is definitely the favorite gift!
Out of all the toys and bikes and stuff he got, this $14.99 Wiggles car is his most prized possession!
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Looks like you had a wonderful Christmas!!! I love the santa ... its a great idea!!!
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