Christmas Eve we were joined by Jim's parents, his sisters and one of their good friends, Gabby. They all made the long drive from Southern California to celebrate with us and we were very glad they were here. His sister, Lisa, bought a Santa outfit and arranged for a special visit from "Santa Claus" on Christmas Eve. So just before we were getting dinner on, we heard a knock on the door and Santa was at our doorstep with some presents. The kids were so excited. Not sure they really thought it was the real Santa or not, but they were pretty much in awe!
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| Santa Claus!! |
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| Olivia wasted no time - look at her giving Santa a big hug! |
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| The first gifts of Christmas!! |
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| Even Izzy got a gift :-) A new Christmas book. |
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| Pictures with Santa |
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| More gifts!! |
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| The Family Photo |
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Santa gave them some "snow" from the North Pole and they made
little snowmen out of it! |
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| Izzy wearing one of Olivia's dress up wigs :-) |
Last year, our neighbors and good friends, the Cukjati's invited us to join them and put
reindeer food out on our lawn for the reindeer :-) Reindeer food consists of dried oatmeal and glitter so that when Santa is flying threw the sky, the reindeer see the glitter and can sit and eat on the grass while Santa does his "work." Despite the fact that it was freezing, the kids still had a fun time and Santa was able to find our house, so it must have worked!
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| Olivia and Marina |
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| Cole and Enrico |
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| Isabella and Aunty Lisa |
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| Domenic |
We let the kids each open one gift from us on Christmas Eve - pajamas!
Olivia got a Tangled set and Cole got Star Wars.
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Reading "The Night Before Christmas" - a tradition with my family.
And then time for everyone to hang their stockings!! |
Can't forget to put food out for Santa and his reindeer.
Some of out Christmas loot.....
Santa came!!!!
One of our light strands went out :-(
Frosty the snowman - an idea I found for wrapping gifts on Pinterest
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