The DeLorme Family: Christmas Day

     There is nothing in the world better then seeing the excitement of Christmas through a child's eyes. I still remember so vividly what Christmas used to mean to me as a kid. Reliving those experiences with my own children is almost like being a kid again. Hands down the best part of Christmas was watching the joy and happiness on all the kids faces. What fun they had!
   Ashlyn started the day by waking us all up around 5:30. A little early for everyone's liking, but you are only 6 years old once on Christmas. The kids all raced downstairs to see what Santa brought them. They were all very excited with what he left them. Ella got a Doc McStuffins checkup set and exclaimed, "That's just what I wanted!" Ashlyn was very pleased to see that Santa did indeed bring the Saige American Girl doll like he promised at the North Pole this summer. Each of the boys each got a Thomas the Train table. Their stockings were full of all sorts of toys that they were over the moon for.
     After checking out the Santa loot, it was time for breakfast. We had breakfast casseroles and the cinnamon rolls we had made the night before. The cinnamon rolls were a definite favorite of everyone's. After we had some food in our stomachs, the kids went back to opening presents. They had such a great time ripping through each package to see what they got. All of us adults, may have gone a little overboard with gifts, but they are only young once. They were all very happy kids.
    After the kids were done opening, the adults opened their gifts. We spent the majority of the day helping the kids open new toys and playing with the new toys. We did stop and eat a wonderful Christmas dinner that everyone really enjoyed. We all stayed at my parent's house into the evening when it was sadly time to pack everything up and head home. We left about 6:00 p.m. and Dawson fell asleep about 5 minutes into the ride home. Ashlyn was out by 7:00 that night. Definitely a sign of a good Christmas!

Someone had a hard time waking up

All the loot Santa left

Ashlyn's presents from Santa

Ella's presents

Dawson' s presents from Santa. He loved the train table.

Checking everything out

Ashlyn and Auntie cuddling together

Jameson really enjoyed climbing on the table

So excited

Checking out his table

Ella really liked her big present

Trying out his Back to the Future car on his new table

Opening presents

Ashlyn really wanted a flute from Santa. He brought her one and she was very happy!

Very excited about a toothbrush.

Finally time to eat

The new cat was hungry too.

He loved his cinnamon roll

Playing with his table again

For Christmas I got Joey a moose mug like the one in Christmas Vacation. We both love that movie and he was very happy to get it.

As I have blogged about before, Dawson is absolutely obsessed with the movie Back to the Future. He quotes that movie all day long and is constantly "playing" back to the future. Joey scoured the internet for anything Back to the Future. It is a little challenging because the movie is old, but he was ecstatic when he found a big model of the car. He couldn't wait to give to Dawson. Dawson was beside himself when he opened it. He did not put that car down the entire rest of the day. In fact, he even stopped opening presents because he just wanted to play with that car. He slept with it that night. That car has barely left his side since Christmas. So funny such a simple thing can bring him so much happiness!

Checking it out

Joey also found him some Marty And Doc figurines to play with

The world's cutest one year old with his new Elmo

All his new Back to the Future stuff

Joey worked really hard on my brother's present this year. My brother is notoriously really, really hard to shop for. We decided to make him something. Joey made him framed pictures for the past four years with all his races and his times. He really liked it.

Each year my Grandma gets Bryan and Joey a Budweiser beer mug. She has been buying these mugs for the grown men in the family for many, many years. Bryan and Joey have made it a tradition to have a beer out of them.

Only on Christmas do you get to eat Cheetos while in your pajamas

My parents got Ashlyn this flutterby doll. Its the coolest thing. It literally floats above your hand. This thing entertained all of us for quite some time.