After we left there we headed to pick up mom. We loaded her & her gifts up & headed back toward home. We made a pit stop at Grandma Lowe's & Papa John's to pick up my favorite cake. Then we stopped at Bobby's parents house for the kids to get their gifts because they won't get to go with us tomorrow. They all are going to spend time with their other parent (we were lucky enough to be able to spend the Christmas Eve with five of the six kids).
Then we finally got to head home :) When we got home we had to unload the vehicle. While we were unloading the kids went on the hunt for Buddy. They were searching everywhere for him. They got upset because they thought he had left already. Here is where they found him.
They also found a letter on the tree from Buddy, but they weren't allowed to read it....just yet. After we got everything unloaded & put away we had more presents to open. Mom brought all her presents up here so we let them open her gifts first. The girls loved their American Doll clothes. Spencer was ecstatic over his Game Stop gift cards.
After opening presents from Meme the kids got to open their gifts from us. Bobby was worried they would think they didn't have enough because they only had five presents each, but we explained to them they had ask for some expensive stuff and that's why they didn't have many gifts to open. The smiles on their faces were priceless as they opened their gifts. Spencer LOVED his gun & the girls LOVED their American Girl Dolls.
After opening presents all the kids went to the table to read Buddy's letter. Meme read the kids the letter. There listened to every word. The kids were amazed when Buddy told them Santa had lifted his magical powers so they could each touch him ONE time. They all hugged Buddy & kissed him bye. After they got up from the table they were all about to cry. They said they were going to miss Buddy & hoped he got to come back next year...Hopefully he will come back and maybe bring a friend with him :)
After opening gifts we ate supper. Then the kids wanted to play a board game. We played Clue. They had never played before and it took them a while to catch on. Maybe next time they will understand it better...or maybe they are still to small to play just yet...we shall see.
Now all the kids are tucked into bed watching TV...wonder how long it will take them to go to sleep. All the mess is cleaned up & the garbage is took out. Everyone is waiting on Santa Clause to come. Morgan left a letter for Santa with Buddy.
Hope everyone has a MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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