Christmas Eve!!!

Christmas Eve day was just like everyone else's I am sure!!! The kids were bouncing off the walls with excitement, asking every 10 minutes "Can we open just one present today?". Trying to plan enough stuff to keep them busy all day!! Crazy!!! We made cookies for Santa, we had a big Christmas party with everyone there and ate Mexican food!!! After dinner the kids went caroling with grama to some cute little old people that live on her street. After they came back we had there gift exchange which was hilarious. I will tell about that in minute. Then Grama sent them on a scavenger hunt to find their Christmas eve pjs. It was a lot of fun, but the little ones were getting upset because they were getting left behind. We only went up and down the stairs at least 10 times!! But they loved it!! After they got their jammies on we read the Christmas story and let them act out the parts. Here is a picture of our Nativity!! We wanted to try and bring the real meaning of Christmas into our day!! Then off to bed they went............yea right!! Everyone can't wait for SANTA!!!

Here is our beautiful Mary, holding on to a crazy haired baby Jesus!! It was the only baby we could find. I told them to act out there part when I read about them in the story and my little sweetie did a very good job being so humble and loving. With a big thanks to big sis who gave up her part as Mary so you know who wouldn't be upset!! What a good big sister!!!
My little bug was just happy to be there and trying to keep up with all the commotion around her!!
This is a picture of our gift exchange that I was talking about. Grama read a story and every time she said "left" or "right" the kids had to pass the present in that direction!!! Well considering that most of the kids were 5 and under, needless to say they didn't know which way was right or left. So they kept getting mixed up!! For the first part of the story, they were laughing and having a great time and by the end all the little ones were getting mad because they just wanted to open a present already!!! So Grama had to cut the story down and they finally got to open their gift.

This was how excited my teenager was about her gift.................... a Cinderella Polly pocket!!! YEA! All is well, she traded with her younger sister who was thrilled with Cinderella!!!