We traveled to Granny and Paw Paw's house for Christmas Eve festivities. We all contributed to the meal and this year A and I had a small competition. A few days prior to Christmas Eve, we were watching America's Test Kitchen. A liked the recipe for Delmonico Potatoes, which originated in Paris, and I was already planning to bring Scalloped Potatoes. I made mine and he was completely in charge of his, which was so adorable. At dinner, we decided to let everyone vote on which one was better. Turns out, they liked them both...but they liked mine better. ;)
We then had the nativity story told to us with music by the famous Perry Como, which is a family tradition. Family members, usually the children, get to place a character within the creche as each one is introduced in the story. E was excited to have Mary this year.
Before we headed home, Paw Paw read T'was The Night Before Christmas for the grandkids, another holiday tradition.
W was entertained with a bottle of hand sanitizer for the entire story.
Once we got home, we hurried to get on our new Christmas pajamas and then write a note for Santa. We left out cookies, milk, and carrots for the reindeer. Everyone hurried to bed so Santa would find us sleeping when he arrived. Well, the kids hurried to bed, but Mommy and Daddy were busy with last minute Christmas details...do we have enough batteries?
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