Christmas Eve

Papa, Nana, and Aunt Robyn came to our house on Christmas Eve! We had dinner, dessert, and presents. As usual, the boys provided the entertainment! Chase opened every present he could get his hands on...even if they weren't for him! And, Cole... *shaking head* After getting new pajamas from Nana and Papa, Cole was so excited to put them on, he stripped down to his birthday suit smack dab in the middle of the great room. Then, he proceeded to do the "booty dance!" (Unfortunately, we all missed that photo op....no embarrassing shots to show the girlfriends in future years!)

Here are the boys hard at work preparing dinner! Cole is smashing and measuring pretzels for the strawberry pretzel Jello salad. And, Chase is cutting the butter (of course!) into the flour for the crust of the pistachio salad!














Cole opening the racetrack and Chase with his Mickey Mouse Choo Choo!














Cole with his new dictionary! (Just what a boy fascinated with spelling needs!)



















Chase....are you in there?

















Mouthful of chocolate!















Cole's new PJs (after the booty dance!)


















After the new PJs were on, it was off to bed for the boys! (Well...first we had to track Santa on the radar...) I had planned to read, "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to them. But, Cole informed me that he needed to go to sleep right away. "No stories tonight mom, okay?" And, who was I to argue with that?!?