So let me throw out some details first: Dating my girlfriend for a year, and we have known from the first month we would be getting married. She has two children, ages 11 and 5, and we just bought a home and have spent the last two months remodeling it. Wanting to involve the children some way in the proposal, I have thought up the following: on Christmas morning (the first in our home), I would get up early, dress up in a tuxedo, and then have the children wake their mother and have her come out to the living room for her present, where I would be on my knee with the ring. My question for the ladies is would you be upset that you are in "morning bedhead/pajamas" form??? Or would you not care? I of course think she is beautiful at all times, but I don''t want to make her self-conscious... Thoughts? Changes you would make? Scratch the whole idea? Looking forward to any comments. Thank you!