Christmas Morning

In years' past, the boys have helped make Christmas pajamas... and this year the boys picked out new fleece for the pajamas, but black and white checkered or bright yellow with frogs just does not convey Christmas very well, so when things had to fall off the 'to do list' making Christmas pjs fell off quickly. It will become a January project.
Well, Christmas is here with or without new pajamas. Noah woke up very excited and tried his hardest to stay in his room, finding endless ways to amuse himself, yet when the hands on the clock just did not seem to move anymore, he could no longer resist and burst into our bedroom wishing us a "Merry Christmas!"
Lukas and Noah lit our Swedish candle holder, the cinnamon rolls went into the oven, the coffee maker in full swing, we sat down to explore the wonders of stockings. Only the oven timer indicating that the rolls were done could pull us away from the many fun gadgets and toys hidden in the depths of our pretty red stockings. Lukas blew bubbles, Noah worked on setting a new record on his pin ball game and Bob and I got lost in our magazines.
After we were fortified with some warm cinnamon rolls and hot cocoa it was time to open gifts. The squeals of delight, the glimmer in the eyes, the joys - if one could only bottle all this happiness and draw upon it when needed.. It was such a wonderful time watching Lukas and Noah opening gift after gift, each one something they really wanted or wished for and in some cases things they had not even thought of asking for - surprise, delight, joy - just what Christmas is all about.