Day 1584. Yesterday we had a day at home, with the kids playing with all their new toys. The kids have been up early every day, including this morning. However, this morning we could not take it easy and disregard the time. I had set my alarm for 8:30; by that time even Randy was up already.

Day 1582. Last night they had not opened ALL their presents, even though Tammy wanted to really bad. I told them the socks were an American tradition, so they'd get to open them in the morning. And so they were eager to go downstairs to open them.

Day 1581. It was 3 am before I went to bed last night, and so I was pretty tired this morning. I don't know what time it was, when Sammy was the first one to wake up. Emmy woke up next, then Tammy, and they left to play. They also wanted to open the last door of their advent calendars, and I told them to just open whatever door was not open yet, which worked well.