This is a tradition that has passed to our family from the Park line. You have all the kids line up in the hallway and get a picture taken before they are allowed to go in for presents. The older three kids had already been in to check out their presents around 5:45 am. I kicked them out into our bedroom because we told them they could not open any until MaggieMae woke up and they were not allowed to wake her. They climbed into our bed and Jeff put a movie on his computer. Jeff and I went back to sleep (king size beds are huge!).
Around 7:00 we decided they needed breakfast (cereal which was in their stockings), so we decided that we would get those. As the kids left our room, AnnaLisa screamed that MaggieMae was awake, "I saw her move. She's awake." Well, she is now anyway.
We ate breakfast, lined up the kids, took a picture, and opened up the presents(more on that later). I thought the tradition of lining up was kind of silly, but as a Newlywed I did not argue. Now nine Christmas' later, I think it is fun, especially when it is your own cute kids you are taking a picture of.
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Kevin wanted to do (and attempted to do) this tradition, but our kids were having no part of that idea. Probably because our OLDEST is also our most IMPATIENT child! But they all slept until 7:20, which was a Christmas miracle around here!
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