Christmas Eve 2011

Now that we are nearly two weeks into the new year and things are returning to normal (what ever normal is around here) I finally have a moment to catch up. So I figured it was time to do a couple of Christmas posts!! Christmas Eve was nice. We started our activities at around 4:30 by taking some goody plates to our friends and neighbors. After which we took a drive around our town to enjoy all the Christmas lights. Upon return it was bath time for the boys while I got the potato wedges and chicken nuggets ready. ( a throw back tradition from my husbands growing up years!:) ) After dinner we read the Christmas Story and then it was time for a couple of gifts.

I don't know why K. is so serious in this picture he had been begging us all day to open presents!:)

J. opening his gift.

The first gift is always a set of P.J.'s for them.  My little Grinches!!! ;)

Then they get a gift from Dad - to keep them entertained until bedtime!!!! ;) They each got a set of Legos to build with.

This year we also let the boys open their gifts to each other. What they didn't know was that they had gotten each other almost the same thing (small Lego set and a clone trooper action figure). K went first and here is the look on his face when he realizes that Jeremy has the same thing in his unopened present.

J. went next and was doubly excited - he had really wanted the action figure that he was giving to his brother. So he was obviously pleased that brother had gotten him one also!!

Our Christmas Story was re-enacted by the local fisher-price little people guild. They all ended the evening around the stable!

After building their Lego sets it was time for Santa letters , a plate of goodies for the Jolly Guy and off to bed. To bad Santa's helpers couldn't crash also - they were very tired at this point.