We had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas Eve this year! To begin with, we joined our extended family for dinner at El Chapiro (a very yummy Mexican restaurant). It really is a fabulous Christmas Eve tradition! And this year we got to eat dinner with some of Santa's biggest helpers- Ggma and Ggpa- who were also know as Santa and Mrs. Claus for the night!
Tori wasn't so sure what to think of Ggma dressed as Mrs. Claus! (Although she did love the candy cane Mrs. Claus gave her!!!)
But Garrett loved her outfit!
After dinner we went back to the house, when what do you suppose- Santa and Mrs. Claus brought us a whole bunch of presents!
This year we did an "As Seen on TV" gift exchange! So, to start out, Tori, Garrett, Linken, and Grayson (who joined in via Skype) got to open their As Seen on TV gifts! Hurrah, we now have bedtime friends that light up like flashlights!
And Tori has already named them Clea and Scout- very fitting for both!!!
Next, the adults got to pass our gifts every time Santa said "the" as he was reading "Twas the Night Before Christmas!" It was pretty fun to see who has this classic memorized- a few people got a bit antsy in their passing!
This activity was a big hit and produced many laughs- look how excited everyone was with their gifts!!!
I absolutely love this picture! Not every kid can say his Ggpa is one of Santa's biggest helpers!
After all the guests departed, we had one more gift for each of us to open!
Our Christmas jammies!
And, of course, we had to leave a plate of goodies for Santa- I love how Tori arranged all the candies! And when you are at Grandma's house, the letters for Santa and Mrs. Claus are super cute!!!
While all of our Christmas Eve activities were tons of fun, the best part was spending our day with so many family members! It was awesome!!!
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