Christmas Lesson of Present Precedence

Amber and I learned a valuable lesson this year. Christmas morning we were so excited to watch Ashley as she opened her presents. So excited, in fact, that we were the ones waiting for her to wake up before we could start!

We started with the stockings, where Ashley would say, "ooooh! I'm gonna share that one," to every present that she saw - no matter if it came from her stocking or not.

When we moved to the tree we were still getting situated while Ashley was already diving under the tree ready to pull all the paper she could see. In the rush she opened two presents before we could really get started. The only problem with that was the second present was a DVD with Ashley's favorite character in all of existence, Sleeping Beauty, on the cover.

After looking in awe at the glossy packaging for a few seconds, Ashley stood and requests to put on a dress (preparation for nearly all activities) and watch the movie. We asked if she wanted to open any of her other presents, to which she repeatedly answered, "No!"

It took a lot of coaxing, but Ashley finally sat and enduring unwrapping all of her other less important presents - hardly ever taking her eye off of Sleeping Beauty. We now know which present we should have let her open last.