1:30 a.m. Moms head to bed.
6:20 a.m. Kids begin to stir; Ma and Gong arrive from hotel, sneaking in quietly.
6:30 a.m. The clock is yellow!! Meaning it's okay to get up. Merry Christmas!!! Bud and Sis agree that they heard jingle bells in the night (Goo said they would because I dropped a bell while cleaning up! But of course we didn't tell.). They get Goo out of bed and we all head downstairs to start the festivities.
8:30 a.m. Taking turns, we open all the marvelous presents (except the ones from my side of the extended family, which we'll open with Gommie and Pop). Legos, dragons, penguins, Calico Critters, items from Colonial Williamsburg (foodstuff, jewelery, books), Star Wars things, cooking things, games, and things to make and do (science projects, arts and crafts, models) dominate the day. We're overindulged. But very grateful. Sis and Bud give each other huge hugs after each gift they opened from one another. The cats get high on sushi-style catnip toys; they're sleeping it off.
9:00 a.m. Bacon, eggs, scrapple, corned beef hash, and orange biscuits.
9:30 a.m. Playing with toys--Bud and Goo are building a Lego Emerald City. Sis and Ma are doing sticker mosaic arts and crafts. I look at Mama's 500 Places to Take Your Kids Before They Grow Up. At some point, I fall asleep.
11:00 a.m. The kids switch to their new "Phineas and Ferb" DS games. The adults are delaying the start of fixing lunch, which will be a hodgepodge of New Orleans foods and things Goo brought to make, plus leftovers from Chinatown.
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