Christmas Day :)

I was awaken at 9:30a.m. by a jingling above my head. And then something attacked my feet.
"Wake up! Wake up! We can open stockings!"
Snuggling down into my comforter...I tried to ignore the chipper voices. Again my feet were attack and the little jinglebell above my head kept ringing...
"Come on, wake up! Let's open stockings!"

Now for those of you that have younger siblings, this might not sound all that unusual. But I happen to be the youngest in my family...my wake up call came from my parents.
In attempts to sound grumpy, I requested my digital camera, so that I could document this unusual turn of events.
"Isn't it usually the other way around?' I asked my parents. 'I mean shouldn't the kids be the ones to awaken you?" But I suppose times have changed, now I prefer to sleep in, while my parents still get up at the crack of dawn. Which is why THEY had to wake ME up on Christmas morning.


For those of you who have listened to Garrison Keillor, know that he is rather funny. Now I was given a CD with four of our favorite episodes on it. One of them is about the "In and Out Cat," we were listening to it at breakfast and Jake couldn't figure out where the meows were coming from, he was so cute and confused. We decided to replay that particular track, only Jake didn't react as much as he did the first time.

After we got ready for our day, it was time to open presents. Oddly enough most of the presents under the tree were for me. I had asked for art supplies for Christmas...so I got canvases and an easel...I mean only art majors can be excited about gifts like that.. :)

For Christmas, I had made my dad a hat and my mom a scarf. I think that they look quite cute :)














Then I sent my dad on a treasure hunt, shall we see what else he got for Christmas? The video won't load, since it is rather long (15 minutes), but at least you can see a picture of his gift.

We spent Christmas afternoon at my Aunt Carroll's house, I got to meet my cousin Fiona's boyfriend Travis. I was pulled in several different directions as I tried to help out in the kitchen, keep an eye on the little ones, and talk with Fiona and Travis. I was even able to talk to Felicia, so it was a good time had by all. :)