First Christmas!

Claire's First Christmas

The kids got us up about 7:45.....yes, I know how lucky I am! I am perfectly aware that some kids are up at 5:00am on Christmas morning....in fact I was one of those kids! My sisters and I used to play cards in my room from as early as 4AM until we felt it might be safe to go wake my parents! My sister Amy spent the night at Mom and Dad's with us and she got this great picture of Noah and Isabel charging down the hall to the Christmas Tree! They had waited patiently while we got Claire up, out of her braces, and cathed. That ordeal takes 10-15 minutes!

Claire was so busy playing with the toys Santa left that she would not look up for a picture! She totally love Little People and was thrilled with her carnival and camping Little People toys!


She stopped playing long enough to check out her stocking and found her favorite-CHOCOLATE!

Isabel went first to open her presents this year. Claire watched and was very patient!

When it was her turn she really got into it. She had watched how Isabel ripped into the paper and got all excited so she mimicked that behavior! It was pretty funny to watch!

When it was time for someone else to open, Claire designated herself as their "helper" and opened all the presents for them!

The boys were sweet and let her help them too!

It was a virtual Christmas for my sister.

Amy's children went to Missouri with their Dad for Christmas. They used web-cams to see each other Christmas Day! It was really neat that she still got to see them open their presents! Claire wanted to watch too....I'm sure she really wanted to "help" too!

There they are, Christian and Brianna, all the way from Missouri! It was like having them right there in the house.....kinda...sorta. Okay, not really 'cause we couldn't hug 'um! But, at least we got to see them!

Claire had a wonderful day and was so tired that when I put her to bed that night, she didn't get up until 10am the next day!