Christmas Eve I woke up before the children and the noise and enjoyed a cozy view with my morning tea. I'm savoring those few minutes I get for myself here and there before the chaos of the day starts.
It's Christmas Eve and the excitement was thru the roof in our house. Seeing them so excited makes Christmas even more magical. That morning, they hugged their elves goodbye until next December, when they will return.
Followed by Rudolph pancakes for breakfast:
Santa's helper ran to the pet store and picked up two guinea pigs. While the kids napped, Mommy got to cuddle them:
We got dressed and went to the Christmas Eve service at church. The children were thrilled to be able to hold the candles during the last song of the service:
Silent Night.
After church we ate cookies in the car while watching the Christmas Light displays.
Before bed, we fed the reindeer, put out milk and cookies for Santa and read
T'was the Night Before Christmas.
Santa came:
Both kids can't wait to see what Santa brought:
A new stuffed animal for each as well as two guinea pigs!
Opening gifts and some blurry family pictures:
Everyone loved their gifts but the two new guinea pigs, named now Lucy and Linus (both male though), were definitely the most popular gift.
For lunch, I made a traditional German Christmas dinner: duck, red cabbage and some other trimmings. It was delicious!
The rest of the day was spent relaxing in our pajamas and playing with the new toys. It surely was the perfect Christmas day. We hope your Christmas was as merry and bright as ours!
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