On Christmas Eve, we went to St. Joseph’s with Nonna, Poppa,
Corey and Stacey, and The Hoover Family.
As always it was very special to be there with the entire family,
especially since we got to all sit together in an actual pew. No standing room only for us this year!
After mass, we went to Nonna and Poppa’s for dinner and to
open up one gift to appease the kids, then headed home to fulfill our little
family’s Christmas traditions. Will
finished his advent calendar and put the last cotton ball on Santa’s beard. We then made reindeer food, threw it out in
the yard, and stared at the sky hoping to catch a glimpse of Santa’s sleigh. Will then meticulously chose which of his
iced Christmas cookies he wanted to put on Santa’s plate and requested that
Santa had chocolate milk this year. He
also left some carrots for Santa to bring outside to the reindeer. You name it we did it all! The night concluded with us reading to him “The
Night Before Christmas.” It then took 2
hours for him to go to sleep as he decided to take a nice nap during church.
As expected Christmas morning came very quickly and Will
anxiously walked out to all of his goodies Santa brought him. He was so sweet as he had all kinds of toys
from Santa, but the first thing he noticed was that Santa brought a dog bed for
Lulu. After exploring his toys inside
for a while, he noticed Santa left him a note that told him to look outside for
his surprise and he walked out to find Santa had brought him his very own two
story fort/sandbox. He loved it! His favorite part of the fort was that he
could “see everysing from up here!”
However, he followed that up with “where are the swings?” So, looks like mommy and daddy have to
complete what Santa didn’t finish in the next few weeks ;) Throughout the day, he kept going outside and
let his imagination run wild. His
favorite thing to play so far is pirates.
Around mid -afternoon, we headed over to Nonna and Poppa’s
to open Christmas presents over there and eat Christmas dinner. Will was ecstatic over all the goodies he got
to unwrap over there. I think his two
favorite gifts were his spaceship tent and dream lite.
Meanwhile, I forgot to mention that late Christmas Eve Ben
started running fever and on Christmas day went to the walk in and was
diagnosed with the flu. So, in an
attempt to prevent myself and Will from getting sick, we decided to spend
Christmas night at Nonna and Poppa’s house.
And, just like that Christmas had come and gone again. It’s always so exciting in the weeks leading
up to this blessed day of Jesus’ birth, then when it actually gets here it goes
by too quickly. Will is already asking “When
it’s going to be Christmas again?” It’s
especially exciting to think about next year’s Christmas as we will be
celebrating it as a family of four!
(Well 5 if you count Lulu ;)
Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night!
