Christmas dawned bright and sunny at our house! It was strange to celebrate with sun, the past two Christmas's met with snow, also a rarity in Seattle.
As our kids get older they sleep in more on Christmas and I welcome that. I still try to create something magical at Christmas by getting up in the middle of the night to stuff stockings and put out Santa gifts. It usually takes me an hour and it's sometimes hard to get back to sleep, so any extra sleep on Christmas morning is welcome to me.
If you ask any of us we will say that opening our stocking on Christmas morning is our favorite part of the day.
Santa was very generous with everyone this year!
After all the excitement even the dog was tired!
My parents came over in the afternoon and we enjoyed a delicious meal of prime rib (which I cooked in a rock salt and flour casing) baked potatoes and salad. I made a fancy applesauce cheesecake with caramel pecan sauce for desert that was to die for!
It was a very relaxing and low key day, just the way I like it!
To see the photo of the day go here.
Looks like it was a peaceful, pleasant and pleasing morning. I just last year stopped doing the Santa thing, except for stockings, which I still do. It was a little hard for my youngest to accept at 23 that Santa would no longer be coming. But I figure Santa always got all the props because his gifts were always the biggest ones, and it was about time for me to start getting the credit! :o)
Thank you for sharing pics of your happy family. Again, I can't get over how beautiful your daughter is -- even first thing in the morning!
Posted by: Lisa | January 07, 2010 at 06:17 AM
I bet your house smelled AMAZING! Looks cozy;)
Posted by: Mental P Mama | January 07, 2010 at 07:04 AM
Tweens and teens are a challenge but the later wake up call sure is nice. Who can forget the deathly tired feeling when your five year wakes you at 4:30am, "Is it Christmas yet?"
Posted by: phd in yogurtry | January 07, 2010 at 07:22 AM
I got my friend the same New Moon companion book. She's a Twihard fan, too. Love that Santa was able to be generous with your family this year. And I also appreciate the joy of stockings. That was my favorite part of christmas, too.
Posted by: Meg B | January 07, 2010 at 07:50 AM
Yeah my kids are up a 6 on Christmas...sleeping in would be great!
Posted by: noble pig | January 07, 2010 at 10:13 AM
We love the stockings too! I wonder why that is. My kids, 12 and 10 are still up before dawn. *sigh*
Posted by: Tracey of These Nine Acres | January 07, 2010 at 06:35 PM