This christmas was pretty nice. Our arrangement with Santa is that he leaves one or two presents at our house so
flowerii and M have something under the tree Christmas morning (and us, too), but the bulk of the presents are left at my parents house.
After staying up waaaaaaay too late Sunday night, I came down at 7 AM to use the facilities, and the kids were already up. They weren't too happy at finding only one gift under the tree until I reminded them that the other presents will be at my parents. The kids had breakfast and played while I went back upstairs to get some more sleep. About 9:30,
trystan830 went downstairs and I quickly followed. We opened our gifts from Santa -- mine was the "Cars" DVD -- then watched my DVD. We watched the bonus features and other goodies first, then watched the movie. The movie finished at 1:30, then we got ready to go to my parents.
We got to my parents a little after 3. Because the Eagles were playing at 5:00,
flowerii and M opened their presents. As always, they got some nice things. :-)
My brother and sister-in-law arrived a little before 4. Shortly after, the adults opened their gifts, and the kids had more gifts from my brother. After the gift opening, we had sandwiches for dinner (my mom bought a lunch meat platter from my former employer), then I watched the game with my brother. The kids alternated watching the game and playing with their toys. My mom, sister and sister-in-law chatted, and
trystan830 alternated between talking and watching the game.
Much to my surprise, the Eagles won. A nice Christmas present. LOL
After the game, we packed up our loot and headed home, tired but happy.
Aside from the noise the kids generated, it was a nice, quiet Christmas. :-)