Christmas Eve

We rushed and got unpacked enough to be able to enjoy Christmas. On Christmas Eve we decided to have everyone over for panini sandwiches and some fun. We ate lots of good food and then gathered around for some music. Amy brought over her guitar and some little instruments that the kids could play. Everyone had a blast! Singing Christmas songs always seems to put people in the spirit.

Kaiya read the birth of Jesus out of the Bible.

Everyone then gathered into the front room for a reading of, A Night Before Christmas. As soon as it was over there was a special visitor that appeared into the window. Santa!! The kids were super excited.

Emma wasn't too sure about the guy in red at first. She soon warmed up. Casey and Ella were pumped!

Jett took his gift and ran....with tears.

We then opened some gifts that we gave each other. Kaiya's dad took her shopping this year and was nice enough to let her pick out (his money) a present for each person in the family. She had a dollar limit but she picked some really neat gifts! She put a lot of thought into each one and wanted to make sure it was the perfect gift. Some of the gifts were...

Me - shirt

Cirdan - Seahawks mug

Ella - Cinderella nightgown

Papa - A bacon tie (which I have not seen him wear yet) :)

Stacey - A hippie nutcracker. There is a story behind this one...at Thanksgiving Stacey was whistling between her teeth (which is quite common for her). Kaiya told her that she sounded like a hippie. We all laughed about it, so that is why the hippie.

I can't remember the other gifts that she got but all were really special.

After everyone left we cleaned up and the kids went to bed very excited and anxious. There was a lot of building/wrapping going on that night in our house so Cirdan and I didn't go to bed until very late. Why do I always wait until the last minute? It was all worth it in the end.