In the morning the girls opened their presents. Almost every photo I got was somewhat blurry because they were blowing through the wrapping paper so fast.
By the time it was over we were all starving! We had our Christmas breakfast and it was a feast. Hashbrown Casserole (like Cracker Barrel's), biscuits egg and cheese, breakfast meat, fruit, and sour cream coffee cake.
Nathan got the girls a Lego Advent Calendar and it has been the highlight of their day to open the box each day and put together a little Lego figure. We told them that starting on Christmas they could start playing with the Lego set so after breakfast, they were way excited to get started on that.
So, this was the first half of the day...the girls opening presents and chowing down on our breakfast. We had a few hours before Nathan's family was coming over so we started on our food for dinner. Nathan was making homemade stuffing (which smelled so good!) and I was trying a new potato dish called Cream Potatoes (yum - just potatoes cooked with cream and butter for 2 hours until a cream sauce cooks up around the potatoes. Highly recommend it!). We also made some cookies and a pimento cheese ball. When all that was ready, Nathan and I actually took a few minutes to open our presents to each other while we watched "Elf."
Before long the family had arrived so we opened more presents and had dinner.
Everyone crashed that night. It was such a busy day but one of the best days of the year when we get to spend time with family. The next day the girls got to play with their toys and just had a blast trying new things. Santa really did a great job picking out toys!
This last one is a gift I got from my father-in-law - a pie box! He made one for me and my sister-in-law. Isn't it cute?!
A great Christmas so far. Looking forward to seeing my family next week!
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