Christmas Eve 2009

It has been another great holiday season. I think the highlight for my kids was being introduced to the classic A Christmas Story. We watched it to kick off the school break and they fell in love. I forgot how funny it was. The highlight of our movie viewing that night was when whats-his-name licks the flagpole. We were all laughing and Clara burst into tears, "They are going to cut off his tongue." She was horrified. And Scott Farkis scared the tar out of her. Oops. The kids, minus Clara, have been quoting the movie constantly and have now watched it about 100 times.

Christmas eve is the point of this post, so moving on. The day began with a few last minute errands and some tidying up. Ask my kids, all we ever do is tidy up. Funny how my house is a perpetual disaster. Anyway, that is neither here nor there. Anders spent some time tracking Santa's progress on the NORAD website. He was mezmerized. Tucker could hardly believe it. "How do they know where he is?" "Satelites, I guess," I replied. "Wow, so he is real after all?" he said in wonderment.

In the afternoon we schlepped down to my Parents for a delicious Prime Rib feast. (some of these pictures are courtesy of my Dad. I am becoming a notorious picture thief).


After dinner the kids participated in a cousins talent show. Lu recited a poem, they all played the piano, and Tucker wowed us with some pretty sweet magic tricks.



Jayson had every family make a year in review DVD and we watched them all in the spirit of slideshows past.
We then headed back home. Clara fell asleep on the drive home and was a bit of a disaster until she realized she got to open a present. The kids were pleased with this years jammies. Then after the reading of the Christmas story (the real one) it was off to bed.