This year Jacob woke up bursting with excitement on Christmas Eve! Santa was FINALLY coming that night! We got all dressed up and went to the children's mass at church with my parents, siblings and grandma. Jacob was really into kids who acted out the Gospel. Being at that service always brings me back to when I was younger. My brothers and I loved seeing (and evening being in!) the play at church and I remember how excited were that the next day was Christmas! There was always something about being all dressed up and hearing about the birth of Jesus and the priest always threw in a little something about Santa! We would giggle and whisper and being full of that magical feeling. I hope my kids have the same memories. After church, we headed back to my parents for what has become our traditional Christmas Eve dinner-- prime roast, salad, baked potatoes, rolls and dessert. The kids were hyped up even more after Santa came by on a fire truck! Jacob asked him why he wasn't in his sled. It was so funny! Santa told him he was just reminding all the kids to go to bed on time so he could bring their presents.
Jacob running off some energy at my mom's and Lexi ringing the Christmas bells.
Lexi running in her pretty dress!
My little angels checking out my mom's beautiful tree.
After dinner and visiting with my parents and grandparents (since we weren't going to see them on Christmas) it was home to put out reindeer food, milk and cookies for Santa and go to bed!
Making his reindeer food.
Smiling with his milk and cookies for Santa.
This Christmas morning was AWESOME! Jacob was so, so excited to see the presents and the girls were pretty excited, too! They had a great time tearing into presents and wanted each toy opened up to play with instantly. I didn't mind because it allowed our morning to stretch out and last so we could soak up all the goodness. I'll close out with a few pictures from the morning!
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