Fake and Real Christmas Eve

Because of Matt's job it is always a toss up whether or not he will have a holiday. Some years he is lucky and other he is not. This year he wasn't so lucky.  So the Sunday night before Christmas we had our annual junk food party.  This is a long standing tradition I brought from my family.  Every Christmas eve we would have gourmet junk food.  Crab dip, cheeses, meat and dip just to name a few.  Matt loves this tradition and was upset he would miss it, so we did it early.  We had our junk food and watched Christmas movies.
Christmas Eve  Livi woke up not feeling well.  She didn't eat her breakfast and went back to bed.  About a half  later she threw up all over her bed, hallway, and the bathroom.  She stood in the shower for almost an hour before she decided she want to go watch a movie in my bed.  To make things more complicated Mat's cousin and Dad were working on our shower.  So they were in and out all morning. Thankfully Livi was feeling better by dinner.  Matt had to work so we ordered a pizza for the evening.  The girls opened their Christmas pjs and book before Matt went to work.  (every year we buy a children's book to add to our Christmas book Collection)  We ate pizza and watched Christmas movies.  The girls loved talking to their Auntie Sarah and Grandma Olsen on Skype.  Emme knows how to work this on my computer.  She knows which icon to push and which to push for her Sarah and to make the call.  She is too smart for her own good.  The girls had fun eating cookies and we read lots of Christmas books before bed.  They even enjoyed I started reading a big girl book to them.  (Matilda I love Roald Daul)  So while I waited for them to go to sleep I watch The shop around the Corner and worked on a coupon book for Matt.  Finally when they were safely asleep I went to work hauling all the presents and stocking stuff out of the basement.  It took a bit to get everything set up and ready to go with the final touches of the baby gate to stop my little crazies out of the living room

Our Junk food party.  The favorite is our Crab and Artichoke dip.  The girls loved the pizza rolls

Alex hanged out in his swing

Me and Alex

Matt needed card board for the shower project and the house fell apart.  The girls had fun playing in the fallen house

She thinks it is fun to sit here.

They like to be destructive

Me and Livi

Emme eating gold fish and watching a movie

Amber our elf decided to read stories about Jesus in the curio cabinet

Sick litle Livi eating gold fish, drink juice and watching a movie in my bed

Opening their pjs

Alex in his Christmas Pjs

Our Kids  Olivia age 2 1.2, Emmeline Age 4 and Alexander three days short of three months

Christmas Eve pizza and a movie

An attempt at a picture of me and the kids on Christmas Eve.  Livi has a cookie

Emme begging for a new movie.  She wanted to watch Garfield's Christmas

Santa finally came