Our Family Christmas

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Christmas morning was awesome! The boys woke up around 7:00 and played in the playroom until around  8:00 when it was time to open presents.  Since Finn doesn't believe in Santa we wrapped everything.  Gran and Pa arrived at the house at 8:00 to watch the boys open their gifts.

We let them open one at a time so that they could see all the presents.  Many of the gifts were for the boys to share. Their favorite present was the Bat Cave and the Gotham City Jail.

Michael and I exchanged gifts too.  Michael got me a gift card to Ann Taylor, but forgot to actually wrap it.  Instead, he wrapped a $10.00 off coupon.  It wasn't until after I opened the coupon that he realized that the gift card had fallen out of the envelope.  Luckily it was still in his car.  It was pretty funny though. Gran and Pa also gave me one of my presents - maid service for a year!

After we opened presents, Gran and Pa went home and I cooked Christmas breakfast.  The boys stayed in their jammies all day and played with their new toys as Michael and I snuggled on the couch.  Michael and Sam worked together to build Sam's Batman Duplo set.

After their naps we all got ready and went for Christmas dinner in Clarksville at Mimi's house.  The boys really had a good time at Mimi's.




This is a picture of the boys waiting for the unveiling of the Bat Cave.  They were so excited.



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