Christmas Eve eve
We made paper snowflakes,
baked,
and drove around to check out Christmas lights. When we had ventured about 30 minutes away from home, both boys announced that they had to go to the bathroom. Now. They were in their pajamas, so we made a mad dash home and called it a night.
Christmas Eve
We wrapped presents, baked more, and prepared for Nanay & Papa's Christmas Eve extravaganza.
They put together a scrumptious antipasto spread. Then, Papa read The Night before Christmas, and we played games and exchanged gifts. We had a blast! I was too busy stuffing my face and holding sweet Cami to take any pictures.
Once everyone left, the kids opened their Christmas pajamas. They went to bed, then Scott and I finished wrapping, set out presents, and gave each other our gifts. That's a tradition we both treasure.
Christmas
At 5:30 in the morning, we awoke to chatter coming from the boys' room. We all stumbled out of bed to see if Santa came.
After opening presents, we ate our traditional panettone breakfast and got ready for church.
I envisioned the children smiling in front of the tree for Christmas pictures. This is the closest we got:
Our church service was beautiful: lovely music and moving words.
The rest of the day, we rested, played, watched movies, and ate... followed by an early bedtime. We had a very merry Christmas!
We made paper snowflakes,
baked,
and drove around to check out Christmas lights. When we had ventured about 30 minutes away from home, both boys announced that they had to go to the bathroom. Now. They were in their pajamas, so we made a mad dash home and called it a night.
Christmas Eve
We wrapped presents, baked more, and prepared for Nanay & Papa's Christmas Eve extravaganza.
They put together a scrumptious antipasto spread. Then, Papa read The Night before Christmas, and we played games and exchanged gifts. We had a blast! I was too busy stuffing my face and holding sweet Cami to take any pictures.
Once everyone left, the kids opened their Christmas pajamas. They went to bed, then Scott and I finished wrapping, set out presents, and gave each other our gifts. That's a tradition we both treasure.
Christmas
At 5:30 in the morning, we awoke to chatter coming from the boys' room. We all stumbled out of bed to see if Santa came.
After opening presents, we ate our traditional panettone breakfast and got ready for church.
I envisioned the children smiling in front of the tree for Christmas pictures. This is the closest we got:
Our church service was beautiful: lovely music and moving words.
The rest of the day, we rested, played, watched movies, and ate... followed by an early bedtime. We had a very merry Christmas!
