Christmas Eve

Our Christmas festivities start on Christmas Eve each year.  We always pick up pizza and head over to Nana and Papa's for our gift exchange. (By this time each year we have had traditional Christmas dinner twice so we love the pizza.)  The kids, especially the boys, ate lots of pizza and chocolate goodies that Nana baked.  We all had a great time and the kids loved hanging out with their cousins.  We always change the kids into their Christmas pajamas at Nana's and head home late Christmas Eve night.  We have to get home to put out Santa's cookies and food for the reindeer.  This was the first year that the boys helped with this and they loved it.  They knew Santa wouldn't come until they were asleep so they all hurried upstairs.  We read the Christmas story to the kids and then they all climbed into their beds.    I think they were so tired that they were almost asleep before we left their rooms.  It was so much fun to see how excited they all were. 

The kids checking out their stockings.



Nathan and Westley having a good time.  They just love their cousin Westley.

Karlie and her Bumblebee

Nathan and his pillowpet puppy

Noah and his puppy

Abby was the first one to get her pillowpet out and she got a unicorn.

Bobby and Noah

Abby goofing off with Alica and Mandy.


I think we are all singing here after we put out our cookies.





Abby picked exactly which cookies Santa would want.





"No, Noah those cookies are for Santa.  You can't eat them."



Sprinkling our reindeer food in the yard.



Ready for Santa!