Christmas Eve

We celebrated Christmas Eve this year at Gigi's with the traditional German fare for dinner and some of the plethora of tasty Christmas cookies Gigi made. We also let the kids open their first gifts from Gigi.

 H was thrilled with her tiny doll and baby room set for her dollhouse,

 and Quin quickly plopped down with Papa to dive into his massive book on all things science.

 Back home we let the kids open up one of their little gifts to each other, 

H was a bit ecstatic about the kitty soap Q got for her (she had ooggled over it in a store and I wouldn't get it, but Q was allowed to as a gift to her!).

And Q was likewise excited about the matchbox car toy she had for him.

 

Knowing Santa was to bring more items in the morn, we let them each open a gift from Mama and Papa as well. So, Q opened up some fun zoobs,

 and H a pink baby!

 Yep, that's Hazel right now, dressed in pink, with her new pink unicorn from Uncle J, a pink soap from Q and a pink baby too! She can't get that look off her face can she?!

Then it was time to leave out the milk and cookies,

 + a note to Santa in case he forgot, and a quickly made ornament gift from Q

We read the Night Before Christmas together and following tradition posed together to fake capture the moment, and then off to bed it was! They were just a smidgen excited for the big day!