Christmas Eve!

WHAT A DAY! Let's start at the beginning when it was calm and peaceful. Teo had opened the final box on our train and revealed our final activity:

Read The night before Christmas and Open a present before bed.

Both activities could wait til bedtime, and they had to because we had so much to do! William and I had to get presents for each other, we had to deliver some cards last minute, we had to buy bread and milk, I was hoping to bake cookies for santa and we had the church christingle service at 6!

I won't rant on about how stressful today has been, the best bits were delivering a card to my friend Laura who until I ran into in the town a while ago I hadn't seen in years! and the Church christingle service. We never got the cookies baked. When we got home from church we realized we had to get the kids bathed, and clean the living room, and the million things to do all seemed too much so we let them decorate some store bought shortbread for santa instead. Even with cutting out baking cookies they were still awake after 9pm!

We did manage to complete our final activity, how could anyone forget about opening a present? Joy and Donald tore into theirs! Joy got this duvet cover

'It's just what I wanted!' Joy declared. I remember when Donald used to say that about everything.
Donald got This duvet

I started teasing saying, 'Donalds disappointed, it's not the one he wanted'. and he said 'it is!' I said 'you didnt say it's what you wanted' he said 'but i was thinking it' bless him.

We started changing their bedding and Teo climbed into Joys immediately.

But there was plenty of room for Joy too!

While we were changing Donalds bedding Teo finally got around to opening his present!

He got a pair of pjamas!

There was only one thing left to do and Finally they could sleep and santa would come!

The night before Christmas, I don't need to explain what it's about It's a classic, everyones heard of it and if you haven't, google it! This was yet another gift my friend Krystal sent the kids one year! I tucked Donald in and read it to him first then lights out. Then it was into Joys room to read it to her and Teo.


Now Shhh Santa's coming.