Christmas Eve 2011

So far this Christmas has been FUN-filled! Tonight we had the pleasure of going to Christmas service at our church and my parents joined! It was a very nice service... mom even said she wouldn't mind going back!! Whoot whoot!

After church we went to Olive Garden for dinner (after some much needed disciplinary actions for Mr. T ~ let's just leave it at he wasn't very good at church and the ride to the restaurant) MAN DID WE HAVE SOME HUNGRY kids!! I mean we are talking meltdown city until we got some much needed food in their bellies!!! Almost made me cry!! Literally!

So after a very nice dinner (as nice as screaming children can be and wine being spilled all over Nana) lol we went through the Valley of Lights then home to watch Christmas movies before bed. Here are some Christmas Eve pictures I took of the kids ~

My parents left around 8:30pm so it was just us Tyson's... time to open our 1 gift on Christmas Eve!! We all had the same wrapping (to make sure we all opened the certain present). Same present as last year... new Christmas pjs!!!

It may not seem all that great but seriously these kids were so excited to get Elmo and Bumblebee pjs (mommy and daddy got new pjs as well). This is a tradition we have kept up since Mr. T was 2 and I think it will become the one present on Christmas Eve from now on... its so fun! We immediately had to change into them... right away!

Mr. T and his new Bumblebee pjs

Miss Peanut and her new Elmo pjs

Daddy IN his new pjs with the kiddos

Mommy IN her new pjs with the kiddos

Based off this last picture it was time to set out our cookies and milk for Santa (before our favorite people fall asleep)...

The kids really wanted to eat Santa's cookies because this year Mommy made homemade chocolate chip peanut butter cookies! YUM!! I did let them each have one (hey, what can I say I SPOIL my kiddos and its Christmas!). We also had to put both celery AND carrots out for the reindeer!

Ahh... I cannot wait for morning! Oh the excitement!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!