Everyone was up and ready by 7am to open presents! Of course Andrew was up hours before his siblings but that's to be expected. Here they are waiting to see what Santa delivered.
It was so fun watching all 3 open presents. Matthew was tearing into every present, his or not. This was a big difference from last year. Andrew was reading everyone's names and handing them out while opening his at the same time. Molly found one of Drew's gifts that she tried to open pretty much the whole 15 minutes of present opening. Santa brought Andrew a Lego Garage and a small UPS truck; he brought Matthew a concrete pumper and a mini excavator with jack hammer attachment; and he brought Molly a new book shelf and a wooden activity cube. He brought me an new computer! And Drew got an ipod touch and GPS system for his car. We were very fortunate this year!
Once the presents were opened Drew finished packing the car while I got the kids ready. It was pretty hard for them to leave their new toys but they were excited about our road trip too. We left our house about 10 and noticed that Starbucks was open!!!! What a wonderful Christmas gift! We grabbed coffee, got gas and hit the road. Of course about 20 minutes in Matthew and Andrew began asking if we were in Oklahoma. But they were really good. We stopped for lunch in Rolla and found out that not even McDonalds is open on Christmas Day! We had to stop at a gas station, get their last loaf of bread, peanut butter, and jelly. I think all poor Molly had was crackers and goldfish, thank God for milk. We arrived in Norman at Drew's parents at about 6:30 and luckily they had nuggets and lunch meat for dinner. Drew unpacked and got the kids beds set up while I fed them dinner. We set Matthew up in a room by himself since he takes forever to fall asleep and usually sleeps the latest. Molly and Andrew slept in the guest bedroom with me and Drew. As we expected the first night was a little rough getting everyone to sleep but I think everyone was down by 10!
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