This year our family celebrated Christmas one day early, and that meant Christmas Eve came one day early, too. So on Friday, December 23rd, I pretended that it was Christmas Eve and did the things I would normally do on Christmas Eve. The kids have established a habit of doing something special together instead of exchanging gifts. Last year, it was a day long event involving a scavenger hunt all over (and somewhat outside of) town. This year, with the babies, it would have been hard for Katie and Allison to be gone all day, so instead they met for breakfast at Cracker Barrel. We kept Ben, and Allison's parents kept Jesse, so that they could have some time together without the babies. By noon everyone was at our house, and the real fun began. We spent a lot of the afternoon just hanging out, and I prepared chicken fajitas for dinner.
David (Granddaddy) and Jesse
Jeremy, Katie, Ben, James, Jesse, and Allison
The interaction between the babies never failed to amuse us.
Enjoying our dinner and visiting around the table
Plenty of gifts around the tree
In the evening, after the babies were in bed, we played a card game called "Little Boss, Big Boss" around the dining table.
I didn't think to take a picture by the stockings before Jesse and Ben went to bed, but I got a good picture of all of my grown-up kids.
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