Here we are on Christmas Eve. We did a self timer family photo and it actually turned out! For some reason, James will actually look at a camera and smile if no one is holding it. Who knew! James isn't a huge fan of having his picture taken these days. Ella sang beautifully at church and we had a nice dinner at our house with my parents. After my parents left, we let the kids open their presents from "Great Uncle" Hal & Sharleen from CA. Ella has been dying to open these presents ever since they arrived in the mail and tonight she got her wish. Both she and James loved their books! Thank you! Then, we let Ella and James each open a present from Mommy and Daddy. Ella, of course, chose the biggest present that she had under the tree. It was a talking Little Mommy doll. She has named her doll Julia. As I type, Julia is tucked under Ella's arm and the two of them are fast asleep dreaming of Santa visiting our house...James was rubbing his eyes while he was opening his first present...but he managed to stay awake with all the excitement. I think he won't be needing too much help from Ella with opening his presents this year....though Ella is more than happy to help when asked. James was happy to play with some new cars. He was also happy to be tucked into bed tonight. It will sure be fun to watch the kids' excitement tomorrow morning. We are all looking forward to it!
The kids with Grandma Judy and Grandpa Jim after the church service. 
Waiting to open their presents from Hal and Sharleen.
A very excited Ella ready to open a present from us.
A Little Mommy and her baby.
Setting out milk and cookies for Santa.
2 comments:
Sweet faces! Hope you all had a great Christmas.
Is that the Milk and Cookies for Santa plate from Macy's???
The milk and cookies mug and plate is actually from an At Home America party. It has been fun to pull out every year!
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