Christmas Eve we went to Mass at 4:00PM and then headed back to our house for a fancy dinner! We always pick a theme for Christmas Eve dinner and this year in light of all the tragedy and triumph we chose BOSTON STRONG as our theme. The menu consisted of fresh rock shrimp, clam chowder, lobster tails, ribeyes, salad, potatoes, and a Boston sticky toffee pudding dessert.....it was delicious!
our Christmas Baby (who isn't much of a baby anymore :(
the kiddos in front of the tree
oh this attitude is going to give us a run for our money!
Patrick and I
Mom and I
the girls
Laura with her nieces
all the ladies
Smokey and Laura
the most delicious and beautiful potatoes on earth
at Caroline's birthday party the girls all made reindeer food to sprinkle outside for the reindeer while Santa did his "work", so after dinner we sprinkled it outside before bed
after the Reindeer Food we read The Night Before Christmas
Then it was time to leave cookies and milk (and a beer) for Santa, then it was one last check on NORAD to see where Santa was, then off to bed so Santa could arrive!!!!!!
Santa leaves three gifts for each kiddo (they get so much from family, we are trying to make Christmas's affordable and not ridiculous as kid's get older and gifts get more expensive!)
Caroline REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted a baby carseat WITH a CANOPY......he delivered!
Scarlett is OBSESSED with SHREK and asks to watch it EVERYDAY, so Santa did good here too!
and lil Coop got the crowd favorite gift.....a rocking pony that sings
even Mom's, Dad's and Grandma's and Grandpa's got some goodies too!
Santa didn't leave without a little bite to eat and some milk/beer to wash it down!
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