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 Posted: 12/25/04 - 10:07 Post subject: Sleeping Angels
I just went in and looked at the boys, they are sleeping. They just look so innocent and peacful sleeping and covered up with their new blankets on Christmas morning. I know, I'm being a Mom. 
C'mon you know what I mean. 
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Cappy
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Posted: 12/25/04 - 11:08 Post subject:
I've been up since 0330, children have been up since 0615
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crazyfrog
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Posted: 12/25/04 - 11:28 Post subject: Re: Sleeping Angels
| JACKED UP wrote: | I just went in and looked at the boys, they are sleeping. They just look so innocent and peacful sleeping and covered up with their new blankets on Christmas morning. I know, I'm being a Mom.
C'mon you know what I mean. |
you mean they werent up at the crack of dawn, tearing into presents?
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copteacher
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Posted: 12/25/04 - 11:29 Post subject:
my youngest angel came in at 0530, woke up the oldest angel and we had to wake up the middle angel at 0600 in order to get all of the presents opened before I left.
I love watching my kids sleep very very soothing.
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genie
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Posted: 12/25/04 - 11:53 Post subject: Re: Sleeping Angels
| crazyfrog wrote: |
you mean they werent up at the crack of dawn, tearing into presents? |
That's what I was thinking! 
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Posted: 12/25/04 - 12:02 Post subject: Re: Sleeping Angels
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That's what I was thinking! |
For the first time in 15 years we opened presents here on Christmas Eve. I didn't like it as much as Christmas Morning.  The boys are 13 and 16 and the 16 yr. old said before we started last night he would rather wait till Christmas morning too. Weird cuz he's been on me to let them open 1 thing at least since the day after Thanksgiving. 
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genie
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Posted: 12/25/04 - 12:09 Post subject:
You're right, it is different and not necessarily better. We always did traditional Christmas morning when I was a kid, but once I moved out, my parents started doing our presents Christmas Eve, way way late after all the company left (they have a party every year with all the neighbors and stuff) and we'd end up getting home at like 3AM,sleeping til noon and sometimes not opening presents here til mid-afternoon.
This is the first year in 6 years my roomie wasn't here on Christmas morning.  We went to my family's yesterday and my parents' last night--no big party cuz my mom's been really sick, so it was quiet, plus we wanted to get home early to go to church. He's coming over later today to open presents and for dinner, but it was definitely different this morning.
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bburgoyne26
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Posted: 12/25/04 - 12:32 Post subject:
Christmas is really special when the kiddos are little.......I'm not in a big hurry for grandkids, but........it will be fun too.....
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Floridaboiler
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Posted: 12/25/04 - 13:52 Post subject:
We started about 6:30, Mrs. Boiler was up at about 6 to get some water and stayed up to see the kids reactions. They came and got me around 6:15 or 6:20.
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Ms. Jenn
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Posted: 12/26/04 - 16:21 Post subject:
Our girlie didn't get up until almost 8 am and only with some loud banging around the house.
Completely abnormal child.
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airehead
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Posted: 12/26/04 - 21:24 Post subject: Re: Sleeping Angels
| JACKED UP wrote: | I just went in and looked at the boys, they are sleeping. They just look so innocent and peacful sleeping and covered up with their new blankets on Christmas morning. I know, I'm being a Mom.
C'mon you know what I mean. |
I've always called it "recharge".
Airejr always went to bed and slept soundly--a loud party wouldn't wake him--trust me, we've tried.  And woke up raring to go at 0630. 
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 12/27/04 - 02:48 Post subject:
We did the "open one present" on Christmas Eve 1 or 2 years I think. It was pretty pointless because we did it in the evening, and we got to play with whatever for like 10 minutes before going to sleep. And let's face it, you don't want to play with a toy when there's 5 possibly way cooler toys still under the tree.
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