I now totally get why parents always go on about their kids getting up really early on Christmas morning. It’s not the fact that you’re up before dawn, it’s that you were up past midnight with Christmas preparations. We were up until 12:30am on Christmas Eve (technically Christmas morning) and managed to whisper ‘Merry Christmas’ to one another before falling into a dreamless slumber. That is until 4:20am. When Riley woke up and couldn’t be coaxed back to sleep. 4:20am. It’s not right, people.
Our preparations looked something like this.
The Christmas cupcakes that I was very proud of:
The tetris skills I exerted on our almost too tiny fridge:
The present explosion – which ended up being larger than any of us anticipated. This is what happens when you put things on lay-by and have no real concept of how much stuff you have and continue to add to it.
This was before my sister arrived and doubled the present situation. But here is the gargantuan stocking she made for Riley:
Totally worth it despite the early waking.
My name is Zoey. 
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