Usually we spend Christmas Eve with my dad's side of the family but it tends to be a late night and with 3 kids it just didn't seem like a great idea. We hadn't planned on doing anything but my parents called and offered a steak dinner at their house so we decided to go. Before we went Elf Ruby brought the girls their Christmas pajamas.
Corey and Ashley also joined us at my parents. I know there needs to be an explanation for a few of the pictures above. A) My brother coming down the hall. Every Christmas once everyone was finally up, my mother would make all 3 of us go back to the end of the hall like we were coming out for the first time so she could catch it on video. It's become sort of a running joke now and we make everyone do it. My brother got his desk that evening but not before going to the end of the hall. B) Troll Jesus. Yes, my mother has no idea what happened to the original Jesus but she replaced him with Troll Jesus. Does that break a commandment or something? Also? I think a camel and a few Wise Men took a toilet dive thanks to Mackenzie.
After my parents we headed home to set up for Santa. The girls wrote notes (or dictated to me what to write) and set out cookies and milk. After checking to see where Santa was on Google Maps they went straight to sleep and "Santa" got busy! Merry Christmas Eve!
