Saturday, December 24, 2011

Advent Day 24 - Christmas Eve

Our official advent activity for today was to open a present and leave a treat out for Santa. But first, we went to a Christmas Eve party at a friend's house, where we had a surprise visit from Santa and Mrs. Clause. The boys were so excited when they walked into the room.


Lucas asked Santa if he got his letter with his request change from a toilet plunger bow and arrow to a Pogo stick. Santa didn't make any absolute promises, but Lucas felt like it was a "yes."


Sam told Santa about his loose tooth (he doesn't really have one, but Lucas does, so therefore Sam does too). Sam was shy and he frowned with his eyes closed a lot:



Santa and Mrs. Clause brought a present for each child - new pajamas. The boys were thrilled and Lucas went straight to the bathroom and changed into his new pjs:



We also got to see a great presentation of the nativity with a real baby (and tonight before bed we read Luke 2 and watched a video about the birth of Jesus):


Santa and Mrs. Clause sent us all on our way and reminded us to get to bed on time. We came home and the boys each opened a present. They chose one from Grandpa Burton and Grandma Jo (I hope that's ok!):



Then we made a plate of cookies for Santa and each had a cookie ourselves:



Our bedtime story was 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, which Doug and I asked Grandpa Burton and Grandma Jo to record for the boys (it's a recordable book so they can listen to it anytime). The boys loved it and now they are drifting off to sleep. We are all excited for tomorrow.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love watching your family grow.. all the joy, the occasional pain and the happiness that seems to exist inside your home.

New York Nelsons said...

I can't believe you were able to blog about Christmas Eve already. We are just going to bed! I am not surprised. Sometimes reading this blog makes me sad because we miss you guys. Merry Christmas!