Merry Christmas

To say that I am blessed is an understatement.  Christmas this year was magical and delightful in so many ways.  Spending Christmas with family and friends and seeing the magic unfold in 2 four year old's eyes is priceless.  Allison woke up around 4 AM on Christmas morning and after I got her snuggled back in her bed she whispered to me, "Mommy I think I just heard Santa's footsteps on the roof."  How could I say anything but, "I think I heard them too!"  She fell back asleep until about 6:30 which is the time that Kaitlyn woke up.  After some cuddle time, we went downstairs and to see if Santa visited our house.  To say that Kaitlyn and Allison were excited is a huge understatement!  It was so much fun watching them discover that Santa had visited and had eaten the cookies and taken the carrots for Rudolph.  After unwrapping the gifts and declaring, "This is exactly what I wanted," or "I put this on my Santa list," we had to unbox and take out each gift they received. The dollhouse, art supplies, Minnie Mouse light up shoes, and flash lights were the big hits.  After playing with our new toys for a while we drove to Glencoe and spent Christmas Day with my family.  Kaitlyn and Allison had so much fun sledding with their cousins, putting puzzles together with their Aunt Mary, unwrapping more wonderful gifts and eating cookies and ice cream.  When we got home around 7PM it was so hard convincing them that it was bath time and not playtime and what made it a bit more challenging was the fact that I had to work the next day at 8AM so they needed to get up early and be at school by 7:30AM.  That was by far the most challenging morning ever.  I was so happy that we could spend the next day at home, playing with and discovering all of our new toys!