Here is Savannah putting out her stocking on Christmas Eve and then the stockings were all full in the morning! Great Job Santa!!! Savannah asked for a pink bike and a glowing paint set......Santa came thru on both.
Having Daddy help get her ready for bed in her new nightgown from Grandma.
She was wearing some pink Santa jammies since she wet herself earlier in the evening...yah, potty training not going so well and she really does not care.......Kinda ridiculous since she is over 3 years old now!!!!
Using the force! She got a light saber to fight with Kyle...no fun if you only have one. Maybe Kyle will make a crazy video of himself fighting off the dark side one day!
Here he is doing who knows what.....I told him I was going to post this and he claimed I wouldn't. Kyle was sooooo excited this year. Hard to remember that he is 12 since he is so giant. He wanted those gifts badly though.
Tina and Great Grandma eating some dinner. Tina had to work until 4 so she came a little bit late.
Uncle Scott came even later and the kids mobbed him once he came in the door. I said they could not open gifts until they made their ornaments and Uncle Scott got to eat some dinner. Longest 15 minutes of their lives.....they survived. I'm sure we will have another crazy 2 when the little ones are between 9 and 12 years old. The big ones will laugh at them and make fun of them but here they are jumping thru hoops to open those gifts.
Grandma and Papa having a good time after dinner and listening to the kids try and get me to let them at the gifts.
A strange giant elf? No it's just Uncle Michael!!!!
Our Princess dressed herself...not what I had picked out and not one of the million Christmas dresses that we have but she was happy with it and not going to change....I let it go and she was happy. I'm sure we will have battles in the future about clothing and this was acceptable just not my choice!
Santa Rebecca ready for the fun to begin!
Clark's homemade Gumbo-a tradition for many years now....I think he can do it by heart without looking at the recipe.....it's a take on a Rachel Ray recipe in 30 minute meals if you too want to make it!
Joseph loves to drive our car around the house. He was driving it up to the table and taking broccoli.....yes, not chocolate or cookies but broccoli......he also fed Coconut an unknown amount of broccoli and carrots-Coconut does not get people food so he was happy at the amount of food Jospeh provided him with! It was a vegetarian dog buffet too!
We had a fun Christmas Eve and I love that it is casual and fun. The kids open their gifts here and we enjoy each others company. I always have them make an ornament and Rebecca is sure to become a crafty person following in my footsteps. She loves to do it and is always the first one done. Kyle did his under protest this year but he will keep doing it until he is 18!!! I already picked up next years (it's a snowman!) at the Target 75% Off sale!!!
We had the usual menu of gumbo, egg rolls, shrimp, fries, salad and funny appetizers that I pick up at Costco. I always go on the 23rd and whatever they have marked down is what we get. One hit and one miss this year. We had tropical wontons (the hit) and puff pastry squares with olives and pesto (the miss) I thought they were both fine but would avoid the puff pastry in the future. I think I still have some in the fridge. We finished off the meal with red velvet cake and other goodies. The kids were excited but in bed around 11:30. Kyle was up at 5 but playing his new games and Savannah got up around 8 when Rebecca called to say they were going to Grandma's and were we ready?!!! Nope but we wore our jammies and arrived at 8:30!
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