celebrating Christmas early with Grammy and Pappy

My parents were going to my sister's house for Christmas.  They rotate between my house and hers every year.  If it was our year, they would spend the night at our house and be there in the morning to watch the boys open their presents.  My husband and I were going out to dinner the Saturday before Christmas.  My parents were going to watch the boys while we were at dinner, so we decided they would just spend the night there.  SJ doesn't always want to stay the night, but we told him we would be there early on Sunday to get them.  (Also, we were going to be exchanging presents with my parents, so SJ was super excited about that!)

We arrived that Sunday at my parents' house around 11 o'clock.  My mom and dad were making brunch for us and my sister who lives locally.  SJ was anxious to open presents, but I told him that we would open them as soon as everyone was done eating.  The brunch was yummy!

Everyone met in my parents' living room.  We sorted the presents by person and let the youngest one open first (that is SJ).  He was so excited that he got a Lego set that he wanted.  He also got a fun Ninjago sweat jacket.  My sister gave him a gift card to the Circle Store (Target).  Bob got a Manchester United soccer shirt, Catchphrase and a mouse.  My sister gave him some cash (in the same amount as SJ's Target gift card).  SJ said, "Hey, why didn't I get any cash?  I like cash too."  He is too much!

After SJ and Bob opened their presents, my sister opened hers, I opened mine, my husband opened his and then my parents opened theirs.  Everyone liked their presents.  Bob liked his shirt so much that he put it on as soon as we got home. 

We stayed another hour and then drove home.  The boys wanted to play outside in the little bit of snow we had gotten.  It was a great way to begin our holiday season!