Christmas morning we woke up the kids. Left them in their pjs and asked them if they wanted to see if Santa came. They checked their stockings and checked under the tree to see what Santa had brought. Good thing Maile doesn't recognize my handwriting. We said we would have breakfast and then open gifts. The kids actually went along with it.
We made pancakes for breakfast with the leftover chocolate chips. The kids were pretty engrossed in their holiday cartoons, but we were able to tear them away to open presents. We had Maile separate the kids' gifts before they went at it.
Beck, of course, loved his Thomas toys, and Maile's favorite gift was her princess dress-up shoes. All of these gifts were from the East Coast Lynns. Maile's second favorite gift was the sticker mosaic we gave her.
I think Maile was a little overwhelmed by all the gifts. She kept wanting to play with Beck's toys. I think she's not used to the idea of Maile's toys and Beck's toys because before they've been sharing all the toys. We've been talking to her about how each of them have their own toys and asking to play when the other person is not playing.
For dinner I made a mahi mahi dish I found on allrecipes.com with green beans and rice. More like a typical dinner than a Christmas dinner, but it was still good. After dinner, we watched part of Wall-E, one of our gifts to the kids.
Overall, a quiet, nice, simple Christmas. It was just right.
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