As most of you know, Santa Clause comes to our house on Christmas Eve morning. He brings one wrapped gift and he fills their stockings. (We don't want to rob our kids of the "Santa" magic, but we also want them to understand the
real meaning of Christmas. We think it just helps the kids remember that it isn't all about gifts.) This year he brought them a game each, and a lap desk each for the big girls. Hannah was very happy about her new Sequence game!
Christmas Eve evening we went over to Mr. Frank and Lynn's house to have finger foods and play games. Dave and Katie were there, too, and we had a good time! As we were getting ready to leave, Lynn hugged Hannah and said that she felt a little warm. Sure enough, she was running a fever. By the time we got back home, Halle was also running a fever. I medicated them both, and hoped that Piper didn't get sick also.
The girls slept later this Christmas morning than they normally do, I guess mainly because they were sick. I was a little impatient, but they eventually got up and were ready to open gifts! Halle was very excited about every gift she opened.
Piper, however, didn't enjoy opening gifts. She didn't think that ripping the paper off was fun. The girls and I had to help her open every gift. Once the paper was torn, though, she was curious as to what was inside.
For the rest of the day, the girls were very content to play with their new things and each other. We could tell that they still didn't feel good, so we took it easy and had a slow, relaxing day. I was glad that we didn't have to travel, but I did miss our families.
Even with the sickness, it was a wonderful Christmas. We are so blessed.
