DH and I opened our presents last night - 2 reasons...1, so that we didn't have the chaos of trying to open our presents while handing presents out to the children and 1 - so the children could open their presents without having to wait for us to open ours.
Hubby received some dress shirts for work, chocolate covered cherries, a travel coffee mug that he can put pictures of the children around the outside (changeable even!), season 2 of Star Trek Enterprise, a "robot" light (found it at Lowe's and he mentioned thinking it was cool....several months ago.
I received 2 Tinkerbell shirts, Tinkerbell slippers (too cute..they say "Don't even *Tink* about it!"), Tinkerbell floor mats for the van that is still at the shop, a Tinkerbell holographic sticker for the van, and...."Creating your Perfect Quilting Space" - a book I've wanted for over a year but just never got around to purchasing, some ornaments for the tree (MIL bought me a Barbie one from Lenox), some clothing from Mother.
The children received so much stuff - not from us, but from the grandparents - that once everything was opened and we relocated stuff to their rooms, they played right through lunch time and didn't get into any arguments or anything!!! They are currently in their rooms, playing again.
We had such a peaceful day, but we needed it. The only down side was that it was grey and rainy, so DH and I feel completely exhausted....even though the children let us sleep until nearly 730!!!
It was a fun, family day....no screaming and fighting, just gentle reminders to play with their own toys and that they needed to be quiet while the adults rotated who took a nap .
I hope that your holiday celebration was as calm and enjoyable as ours was.
Larisa, off to try and finish up more SOldiers Angels blankets to get them mailed off either tomorrow or Wednesday