Untraditional Christmas

Sometimes things just don't go as planned! This year I really wanted to get the kids a Wii for Christmas and since money was tight I decided to make the Wii and a few games a family gift instead of a bunch of individual gifts. Then I decided that this might lead to fights "I want to play this game! No I want to try that one!" You know how it goes...so anyways I came up with this "plan". We were to have a week of Christmas...on Sunday we would have a big meal, watch "The Christmas Cottage" and open the Wii and the extra remotes, Monday a game, Tuesday a game, Wednesday is Gryphen's birthday so we would do his birthday, Thursday our individual gifts, Friday games, Saturday Games....GOOD INTENTIONS...

So lunch was fabulous, ham, potatoes, bread rolls, black eyed peas and red velvet cake. Then they opened the Wii and were so excited I couldn't resist giving them one more game..then one more..then one more...til it was all open!!! It was a really nice day and the kids had a blast!!!


The family posing in front of the tree before we opened gifts.


We played "Hot Potato" to decide who got to open each gift.


Daddy got to open the Wii fit.


Chelsea claimed "Dance Dance Revolution for her own"


Inside each of these boxes are several wrapped games....


Same with this one...


Daddy got PS3 games...he wasn't so sure about a Wii..


Even Mommy got two of the best gifts...specially made lego creations from Gryphen and Phoenix!