Christmas Eve finally came. For Tyler, Megan, & Emily it seemed like forever that they were counting down on calendars. The brownie elf comes to our house the last 5 days before Christmas and leaves something small which helped with some of the anticipation. We started the night at Wendell's sister's house for dinner and games. We brought the M&M game which the kids love.
We were at Suzy's house because Jeff had just had knee surgery and Chloe had just had ankle surgery. Their house right now is like a rehab center. Hopefully the new year will go better for both of the patients.
All the kids used marshmallows, candy, and toothpicks to create sculptures. They really got into it----the only problem was trying to determine what they had actually made :).
After Suzy's party, we headed to Mammy's to get exchange ornaments, play games, and earn our pajamas. In order to get their pajamas every year, Mammy has us play games to figure out which present is ours. This year we had to pretend to be Santa's reindeer and earn our antlers. Tyler worked hard at clearing the "runway of snow" with his nose.
After a lot of hunting, tossing, eating, and sculpting, we finally earned our ears and red noses. Jeff and Megan were partners again and were first to finish.
We then exchanged ornaments. Megan was thrilled to get a gymnast ornament from Jeff. Emily could hardly wait to give Mammy the ornament she had picked for her. Emily looked all over and found a dog in a cupcake and just had to get it for Mammy. When she handed it to Mammy, Emily told her the reason she got her the dog ornament was because they go to the pound together and Mammy never brings a dog home. Emily is so much a dog lover and really does ask Mammy to take her to look at the dogs at the pound.
New pajamas and reindeer antlers---must be time for Santa.
When we got home, the kids had to put out carrots for the reindeer on the lawn.
They hung up their stockings with care----
....and left hot chocolate, cookies, and fudge for Santa. What a fun night! We just love Christmas Eve!
Christmas Eve finally came. For Tyler, Megan, & Emily it seemed like forever that they were counting down on calendars. The brownie elf comes to our house the last 5 days before Christmas and leaves something small which helped with some of the anticipation. We started the night at Wendell's sister's house for dinner and games. We brought the M&M game which the kids love.
We were at Suzy's house because Jeff had just had knee surgery and Chloe had just had ankle surgery. Their house right now is like a rehab center. Hopefully the new year will go better for both of the patients.
All the kids used marshmallows, candy, and toothpicks to create sculptures. They really got into it----the only problem was trying to determine what they had actually made :).
After Suzy's party, we headed to Mammy's to get exchange ornaments, play games, and earn our pajamas. In order to get their pajamas every year, Mammy has us play games to figure out which present is ours. This year we had to pretend to be Santa's reindeer and earn our antlers. Tyler worked hard at clearing the "runway of snow" with his nose.
After a lot of hunting, tossing, eating, and sculpting, we finally earned our ears and red noses. Jeff and Megan were partners again and were first to finish. 
We then exchanged ornaments. Megan was thrilled to get a gymnast ornament from Jeff. Emily could hardly wait to give Mammy the ornament she had picked for her. Emily looked all over and found a dog in a cupcake and just had to get it for Mammy. When she handed it to Mammy, Emily told her the reason she got her the dog ornament was because they go to the pound together and Mammy never brings a dog home. Emily is so much a dog lover and really does ask Mammy to take her to look at the dogs at the pound.
New pajamas and reindeer antlers---must be time for Santa.
When we got home, the kids had to put out carrots for the reindeer on the lawn.
They hung up their stockings with care----
....and left hot chocolate, cookies, and fudge for Santa. What a fun night! We just love Christmas Eve! 
2 comments:
That looks like so much fun! We miss you guys!
What is the M&M game?
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